meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
drinking party; get-together
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
job hunting; job searching
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to become settled; to be fixed
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
birth; creation; formation
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
calls and sounds made by insects
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in