dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
place; room; margin; scope
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to be relieved; to feel relieved
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
hateful; detestable; loathsome
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
a long time ago; in those days
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
little finger; pinky; little toe
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
entire world; whole world; world stage
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
(one) could even say that
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final