composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to breathe while sleeping
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
idiot; dummy; slow person
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
older sister; lass; young lady
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to like; to love; to be fond of
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
younger brother and sister
everything; anything; nothing
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
sign; indication; omen; symptom
unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
leaving everything up to someone else
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants