to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
environment; circumstance
to become calm; to die down
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
human relations; personal relationships
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
friendly relations; social relations; social life
maintenance; preservation; improvement
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
later on; eventually; afterwards
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
speech; expression; wording; language
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
trouble; bother; annoyance
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by