many; much; plenty; hardly
those (near the second person)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be opposite; to face each other
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
artificial stone; fake rock
fine weather; fair weather
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to stiffen; to become stiff
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
immediately; right away; on the spot
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
shopping; purchased goods
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
another time; some other time
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
failure; mistake; blunder
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
ill will; malice; evil intent
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
naturally; of course; understandably
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects