sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to subsist; to keep on living
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
since when; from when; how long
fourth day of the month; four days
to do over; to remake; to resume
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to detain; to check; to restrain
it is not (like that) either
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops