(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
hiding one's embarrassment
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
river surface; surface of a river
to devour; to bite to death
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana; opposite bank; opposite shore
to be landed (of a fish); to be reeled in; to be caught
all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; inappropriately dressed for the occasion
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to give a round of applause; to applaud
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
wide turn; detour; the long way around
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond