whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
penalty; sentence; punishment
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
caretaker; claimer; guarantor
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
honor; honour; credit; prestige
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances