gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
training; education; development; cultivation
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
how long; how much; to what extent
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
silence; stillness; quietness
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
shady; underhanded; questionable
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
relatively; comparatively
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries