disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
laundromat; launderette; laundrette; coin-operated laundry; coin laundry; coin-op
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
precision instrument or machine
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
grandfather; male senior-citizen
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century; Christianity; Christian
on bad terms; at loggerheads
story; tale; talk; discussion
free markets and open guilds; way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
number-withheld phone calls
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)