to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
to relax; to feel at home
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
free (of charge); gratuitous
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
to concern; to be related
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to stay calm; to keep cool
all (there is); as long as there is
(positive) economic effect
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
life or death; existence; destiny
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
blood relationship; blood relative
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to sit knee to knee (with); to sit opposite each other; to have a congenial talk; to have a candid discussion
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
leaving a matter to chance
nervousness; oversensitivity
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
form; shape; figure; morph