to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
instant yakisoba in a cup
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
long time; long interval; for quite some time
passing the winter; hibernation
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
flaring up; bursting into flames
to flare up; to burst into flames
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel