tool; implement; means; furniture
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to have meaning; to be meaningful
on the way home from work; returning from work
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
memory; sense; experience
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
back street; back alley; off-street
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake