gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
remembrance; recollection; recognition
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
training; drill; practice; discipline
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
simply; merely; only; solely
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
along the road; along the way
to pick up; to find; to gather
to arrive home; to return
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
after that; afterwards; thereafter
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to order; to command; to appoint
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to carry around; to carry on one's person
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently