in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
toning down; calming down; slowing down; mollification
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
preservation; retainment; keeping
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
sunlight; rays of the Sun
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
order; command; life; destiny; fate
fragment; one of the group or party
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
killing time; staving off boredom
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
all but dead; half killed
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to hit (someone) once; to give (somebody) a punch; to intimidate (someone)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
strong interaction; strong force
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
joint together; opposite; facing
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound; stylish; smart; dapper
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
3000; three thousand; many
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
devil; evil spirit; genie
tens of thousands of years
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself