to be free; to be available
briskly (walk); at a quick pace
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to be softened; to calm down
to degenerate; to lapse into
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
stifled (laughter); simmering
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
capacity; volume; capacitance
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
lost article; something forgotten
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
matcha; powdered green tea
properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to laugh away; to laugh off
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to make sense; to be meaningful