to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
to lead a life; to live a life
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
stealthily; secretly; in secret
tossing and turning while asleep
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
prohibition; inhibition; ban
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
pride; boast; credit (to)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)