relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
just one person; only one
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be worried; to be troubled
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to become misty; to become hazy
should; must; -able; probably; likely
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to run around; to bustle about
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
in the same way as; just like
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all