six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to keep (a person) waiting
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
self-torturing; masochistic
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to fall off; to tumble down
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers); Decadent School
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
to pretend; to act (as if)
to some extent; to a certain extent
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
rumor of a romance (rumour)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade