short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
discussion; deliberation; consideration; investigation (into a suspect); inquiry; enquiry
distant look; faraway look
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
monetary unit; currency unit
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
to shake off; to throw off
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
railroad track; rail line
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
(archaeological) remains; remnants (of ancient structures); ancient foundation
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
this and that (esp. complaining or protesting); something or other
slowly and quietly; smoothly
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
archeologist; archaeologist
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
pale; pallid; bluish-white
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition