to sink (into); to get depressed
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
generation; the world; the age
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
rubber raft; inflatable boat
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
allowing oneself meat, fish or alcohol after a period of abstaining
smoking area; smoking corner
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
lately; recently; nowadays
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
horror film; horror movie
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
mole; lentigo; beauty spot