hello; good day; good afternoon
welcome!; nice to see you!
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
numbered tag; numbered ticket
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
just a minute; small quantity
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush