not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
quiet; still; surreptitious
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
fax; facsimile; fax machine
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
signature phrase; signature saying
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
sending a telegram; telegraph
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
racewalking; race walking; walking race
negotiator; bargainer; point man
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
curious; strange; unusual
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous