bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to lie deep in; to extend far back
atelier; studio; workshop
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to shake one's head (in denial)
for use of customers or guests
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
in this way; thus; such; uh...
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
hostility; animosity; enmity
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
without permission; without notice
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
income; receipts; revenue
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
energy; military strength
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes