good impression; favorable impression
first meeting; first interview with
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
incident; affair; happening; event
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
electricity; (electric) light
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
turning sideways; landscape orientation
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to dry up completely; to become stale
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
perspiration given off during sleep; sweating while sleeping; night sweats
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
what time; (lit.) which hour
to breathe while sleeping
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
ceremony; rite; ritual; service