selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to be absorbed in reading
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
fixed date; appointed day
too much; excessively; too
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
one's own handwriting; autograph
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
shoji (paper sliding door)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
courteous reception; honorable treatment; honourable treatment
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to stop talking; to be silent
the last moment; the very end
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
two classes; double; two sets
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
taking food with one's chopsticks upside down (a breach of etiquette)
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
item; commodity; list of articles
setting a place; setting the table
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back