very busy (person or thing)
 tale;  short story;  sketch comedy;  skit
 circuitous;  roundabout;  indirect
 to close (at a certain point);  to cut short;  to round up (number);  to revalue (currency)
 unusual event;  strange occurrence;  strange phenomenon;  something abnormal;  change (for the worse);  accident
 all kinds of things;  various things;  large number of people
 messy;  confused;  chaotic;  complaining about various things
 reserve;  constraint;  declining;  refraining;  forethought;  foresight
 thoroughly;  completely;  severely;  harshly; (arch.)  scattered; (arch.)  disconnected
 to put on airs;  to assume importance
 to be upset;  to lose one's composure;  to lose self-control;  to put in disorder;  to mess up;  to disturb
 to be suspicious of (someone's motives);  to suspect (that)
 mochi;  (sticky) rice cake
 lively;  full of spirit;  energetic;  healthy;  well;  fit
 in perfect form;  going swimmingly
 to seal (letter);  to prevent;  to forbid;  to block
 motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait);  (be) still;  fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare);  intently (e.g. listen, think);  patiently (endure);  stoically
 extension;  elongation;  prolongation;  Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
 joint ownership;  co-ownership;  sharing (e.g. a viewpoint);  sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
 mental;  psychological;  physical
 difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water);  head;  drop (e.g. of a waterfall);  difference;  gap
 to interrupt;  to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.);  to block (light, wind, etc.);  to intercept;  to cut off
 what with this and that;  for a number of reasons
 diffidence;  losing one's nerve;  feeling awkward;  feeling timid;  being daunted
 innermost depths of one's heart
 idly;  lazily;  aimlessly;  evasively;  elusively;  vaguely
 tedious;  boring;  being fed up with
 to dive (into or under water);  to get under;  to get into;  to hide oneself (esp. from the government);  to conceal oneself
 ticktock;  chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock);  knocking;  dry and hard;  (frozen) stiff;  hidebound
 eyetooth;  cuspid;  canine (tooth);  dogtooth
 to rub;  to scrub;  to scrape
 matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation);  it's not your business;  it doesn't matter (to you);  our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
 whim;  caprice;  whimsy;  fickle;  moody;  uneven temper
 unpleasant;  disagreeable;  displeasing;  uncomfortable;  unhappy
 (not) altogether;  (not) wholly
 time (three times, each time, etc.);  times
 to appear;  to come in sight;  to become visible;  to be expressed (e.g. emotions);  to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
 worthy of special mention
 rolling over;  turning over;  turning around (the other way);  reversal (of direction, course, etc.);  producing a positive from a negative (photography);  producing a negative from a positive
 down to earth;  reasonable
 to change places;  to relieve one another;  to replace someone
 different person;  another person;  someone else;  changed man