hypothesis; supposition; assumption
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
to pass (of time); to elapse
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
sense of values; values; value system
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to examine someone's expression
third day of the month; three days
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
in the end; at the end of the day
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
magician; conjurer; illusionist
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
quick to seize an opportunity
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to fall on one's backside
if you do this; if this is the case
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
regret; repentance; remorse
concealment (of one's vices); veil; cover; overturning; toppling
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
low (level, value, price, etc.)