rest; break; recess; intermission
chair; stool; post; office; position
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
feeling; sense; impression
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
other side; opposite side; other party
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
and; thereupon; because of that
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
still; as yet; as it has been
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to become settled; to be fixed
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
disorder; disturbance; unrest
number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
scale; scope; plan; structure
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface