eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
token (effort); something done for form's sake
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
in parentheses; bracketed
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
record of proceedings; minutes
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
activity; briskness; prosperity
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
discussion; argument; debate
unimportant details; inessentials
cock; rooster; chanticleer
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
showing by a diagram; illustrating; representing graphically
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
control; check; restraint; inhibition