reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
piece; fragment; one (object)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
preparation; arrangements
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
manners; behavior; behaviour
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to have a meal; to take a meal
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
minimum; at the very least
discipline; training; teaching manners
proper; respectable; decent; honest
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
indicate reason; infers some protest
episode; anecdote; vignette
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
main road; main thoroughfare
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time