to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
expression; look; countenance; face
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
forced laugh; forced smile
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
what's what; heads or tails
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to torment; to torture; to harass
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance