funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to add (to); to add on; to append
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
journal; magazine; periodical
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to go out and away; to leave
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
equality; impartiality; evenness
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
finally; in the end; on top of all that
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
single word; a few words; brief comment
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
changing clothes; change of clothes