rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets; livery coat; half the sky; mid-air; middle of the sky
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
clothes; clothing; garments
journal; magazine; periodical
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
all you want; as much as one wants
being startled; getting a shock
laughing foolishly; cackling
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
decision; settlement; definition
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group)
regular customer; valued client
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
please; somehow or other; one way or another
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration