silence (not speaking); muteness
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
how; in what way; how about
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to throw open; to leave open
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to throw at; to turn; to raise
somehow; for some reason or other
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to breathe while sleeping
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
difficult to ...; hard to ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
everything; anything; nothing
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
carriage; movement (of the body)
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to