weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
long slits (esp. of eyes)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
composed expression; clear face
to be fated to; be linked by fate
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to thrust down; to push off
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to yield to temptation; to succumb
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
decrease; reduction; decline
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
income; receipts; revenue
killing three birds with one stone
understanding person; supporter
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant