two persons; two people; pair; couple
corridor; hallway; passageway
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
serious; not joking; straight
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
both hands; both arms; ten
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
late at night; small hours of the morning
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to raise one's voice; to shout
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
horizon (related to land)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
river; stream; River; the ... river
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)