level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to pass (of time); to elapse
action of making something; -ification
continuation; succession; series
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
choices; alternatives; options
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to lie down; to throw oneself down
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
eccentric; crank; oddball
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
serious look (on one's face); straight face
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
talk; recital; narration; topic
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
society; the world; the times
be (that) as it may; having said that
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
female high-school student
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start