early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
better than nothing; better than none at all
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
incommunicative; taciturn
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
willpower; energy; vitality
boisterously; roughly; briskly
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
everybody; every last one of them; all
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)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
means; way; method; measure
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
water's edge; waterside; shore
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
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
nothing but; none other than
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect