person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
either way; in any case; one way or another
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
civilized society; civilised society
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose