ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
too (much); overly; excessively
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
first meeting; first interview with
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
overseas student; exchange student
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
participation; joining; entry
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
gambling den; gambling house
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties