coma; deep sleep; falling fast asleep
to beat time; to mark time
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
video game; computer game; console game
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
sad news; news of a death; death notice
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
to succeed; to bear fruit
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
hundred; 100; (a great) many
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
obese body; corpulent physique
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
retainer; attending on the nobility
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity