to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to live through; to survive
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
speech; expression; wording; language
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
life; living; I; me; student
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
talkie (motion picture with sound); prerecorded announcement
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
ability; capability; competence; skill
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
very busy (person or thing)
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand