artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
arrival; arriving at ...; counter for items or suits of clothing; nth place (in a race); counter for moves
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
one by one; one each; one at a time
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to whine; to make feeble complaints
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
article; thing; object; property; real estate
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...