I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
way one walks; one's walk
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
haori (Japanese formal coat)
man; male; masculine gender
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
feeling; sense; impression
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair