rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
precision instrument or machine
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
around the world; throughout the world
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
interval; break; pause; spare moment
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up; to give an air of; to make oneself seem like