person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
first; first base; first baseman; fast
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
getting out of bed; leaving one's sickbed
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
interview (e.g. for a job)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
visual confirmation; sighting
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
measurement error; calculation error
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
decrease; reduction; decline
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
while moving; on the move
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion