work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
the way back; the way home; return trip
randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work
night duty; night shift; night work
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to move (house); to change residence
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
craze; frenzy; enthusiasm
in that way; like that; that way
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top