to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
vital; lively; energetic; vital signs
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
confusion; distraction; derangement
nurses' station; nurse training and placement organization
road approaching a shrine
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
elevated (structure); overhead
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
feel (of a material); texture
matcha; powdered green tea
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
understood; I see; OK; present; here
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
emotional wall; internal barrier
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
totally willing; fully motivated
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed