area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
story; tale; talk; discussion
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
all present; all concerned; all of us
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
material; substance; matter
link; directory entry; rink
using as an intermediary; through
perception; sensing; noticing
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to differ; to vary; to disagree
way of talking; speaking style
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
reservation; putting on hold; deferment