to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
eye strain; eyestrain; asthenopia
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
shyness; bashfulness; shame
limbs; arms and legs; body
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
evening meal; supper; dinner
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
light (e.g color, fabric); faint; somehow; kind of; scarce; slim
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
rather; better; instead; if anything
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station