well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to talk; to chat; to chatter
bento; Japanese box lunch
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to subsist; to keep on living
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to stop (plug) one's ears
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
by myself; in person; by oneself
certain; definite; clear; credible
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
being very busy; busyness
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
sincerity; true heart; devotion
consists of; comprises; is made up of
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to ask; to enquire; to query
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear