dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
transcendence; excellence; superiority
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
emotional scars; mental trauma
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to be injured; to sustain a wound
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
talking while standing; standing around talking
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
divorce; dissolution of adoption
as before; as ever; as it was originally