very busy (person or thing)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to put on airs; to assume importance
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
in perfect form; going swimmingly
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
mental; psychological; physical
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
innermost depths of one's heart
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
worthy of special mention
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
down to earth; reasonable
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
different person; another person; someone else; changed man