twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
something small; something petty; trifle
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
while; during (the time when)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
walking heavily; lumbering
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
quotation; citation; reference