to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
towering; astonishingly high
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
indescribable; defying description
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
speech impediment; speech disorder
indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
carefully; with (great) care; with caution
controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale
to have a bitter experience
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
decluttering; clearing out past accumulation; minimalism
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
technically accomplished; technical; polished
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
famous scene (in a movie or play)
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
long-term hospitalization
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
to devise; to plot; to plan