to have a reason; to have an excuse
to tighten; to press hard
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
the more one looks (at it) the more...
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
way of talking; speaking style
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
member (of a class); trainee; participant
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
(very) back (last) row; rearmost row
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
wall clock; grandfather clock
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to say no more; to sink into silence