to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
by myself; in person; by oneself
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily
surroundings; environs; circumference
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
only recently; just of late
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
hot topic; talk of the town
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
being easily frightened; losing one's nerve; coward; chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools)