at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
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
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
grandfather; male senior-citizen
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century; Christianity; Christian
free markets and open guilds; way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
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
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
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
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
note (letter) left behind; will
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
26th day of the month; 26 days
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly