interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
10th day of the month; ten days
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
5th day of the month; five days
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
negative thinking; pessimism
thought; consideration; thinking
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
moment by moment; hour by hour
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to walk away; to walk off
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
hallway slippers; indoor shoes; overshoes; rubbers; galoshes