being bad at communication; being unsociable
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
difficult problem; challenge
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to spend time (on doing something)
loose (of clothing); loose-fitting; plenty (of pouring a liquid); sloshing about (e.g. of water in one's stomach)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
impulse buying; impulse purchase
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
in swarms; in great crowds
technical skill; ability; capacity
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
(not so) much; (not) very
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling