sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
yes and no; for and against
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
domestic issue; internal affair
approval; acceptance; toleration
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
messenger; envoy; emissary
to be perturbed; to be agitated
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
in succession; one after another
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
dangerous position; peril
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
surveillance drone; unmanned reconnaissance plane
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank