to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
headache inducing; vexing
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
environment; circumstance
bento; Japanese box lunch
established practice; custom
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
bento; Japanese box lunch
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to rush over; to run up to
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to watch over; to watch attentively
to say no more; to sink into silence
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure