meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
bodily sensation; sense; experience
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
suddenly; all of a sudden
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
being startled; getting a shock
open; public; official; overt
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
father; dad; husband; you; he