to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
crawling forward (on one's stomach)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
residence; living (at, in); abode
invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
body; physique; build; stature
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
phrase; clause; basic linguistic unit in Japanese grammar
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
though one didn't intend (expect) to
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
letter by letter; character by character
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
reference data; reference material
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps