gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
morning; forenoon; just before noon
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
just past noon; afternoon
government service; the bureaucracy
to surround; to crowd around
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
persistence; single-mindedness
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
leader of a delegation (body, party)
connection; link; relationship
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
expressing one's mind; speaking out
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
if you think about it; come to think of it
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness