(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
trio; gang of three; threesome
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
quarrel; dispute; argument
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to frolic about; to mess around
bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
besides; in addition; also; moreover
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
guardian; protector; patron; parent
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
corridor; hallway; passageway
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
instability; insecurity; crankiness
negative emotions; negative feelings
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
door; gate; opening; title page
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
at the window; by the window; next to the window
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
when it becomes; when it comes to
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
exclusive; attached to; specialist