rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore
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
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
don't you think?; indicates question
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
no!; no no!; no, not at all