to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to change; to change into; to become
to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
back off!; leave me alone!
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
head; lead; vanguard; first
going straight on; going straight ahead
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
looking away; looking aside
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
attendance; presence; appearance
supervised; under surveillance
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill