to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to be engrossed; to be enthralled
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
the other day; lately; recently
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
planning; project; plan; design
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
imagination; supposition; guess
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
middle of the night; dead of night
father; dad; husband; you; he
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to rise; to erect; to get up