to be softened; to calm down
not understanding; not knowing
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
arrival; arriving at ...; counter for items or suits of clothing; nth place (in a race); counter for moves
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to reinsert; to put in again; to refocus (one's mind); to renew (one's resolve); to pour again (e.g. tea); to brew afresh
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
not knowing what to do with oneself (out of embarrassment, etc.); not knowing where to put oneself; feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
shopping; purchased goods
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
at work; in the midst of work; working
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
period of time; time slot; time zone
to wander; to roam from place to place
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
resignation; acceptance; consolation
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
two colours; two varieties; two types
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to get tired out; to be exhausted
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)