to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
flaring up; bursting into flames
to flare up; to burst into flames
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
international politics; world politics
to attempt; to test; to try out
living room (Western style); sitting room
to relax; to feel at home
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
to throw open; to leave open
CD radio-cassette player; CD radio-cassette recorder
middle of the night; dead of night
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
very loud volume; megavolume
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad
Buddhist (household) altar
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to happen to meet; to come across
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum