to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
it is I who should say so
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
besides; in addition; also; moreover
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to speak; to hear a voice
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
invisibly; secretly; privately
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
medical examination; checkup; consultation
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
playing doctor; playing doctor and patient
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
hello; good day; good afternoon
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim