sick person; patient; invalid
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
straight-from-the-pot udon; udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce
explanation; interpretation
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary