cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
preparation; arrangements
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
opposite side; opposition
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
apparently; appears to be
several people; a few people
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
inner tracks or lanes; going around an inner circle; indoors
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
remembrance; recollection; recognition
second (unit of time); arc second
rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
ringing; throbbing violently
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
timewasting; killing time
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there