restoration of public order
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
food and drink; eating and drinking
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
expression; look; countenance; face
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned