round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to rock; to shake; to swing
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to concern; to be related
sobriety; soberness; sober face
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
to step forward; to take a step forward
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
check; restraint; oppression; repression
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
if you think about it; come to think of it
(only) one option; one possible choice
sincere; honest; faithful
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
street at night; making a night journey
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
15th day of the month; 15 days
16th day of the month; 16 days
17th day of the month; 17 days
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
3rd day of the month; three days