telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
extremely; very; really; super; so
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
very much; exceedingly; extremely
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
to speak; to hear a voice
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to say; to be called; to do
antiquity; the previous era
to be fated; to be linked by fate