rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
recently; lately; these days
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
pale; pallid; bluish-white
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
corridor; hallway; passageway
stairs; stairway; staircase
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to cause someone to worry
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to shake one's head (in denial)
to cut corners; to be shoddy
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover