(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
when it comes to ...; as for ...
contradiction; inconsistency
continuous; without a break
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
vitality; energy; dynamism
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
truancy; school non-attendance
happy memory; sweet memory
different thing; another question; different case
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance