wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to run out (e.g. of the room)
vertical stripes; striped fabric
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to understand (each other); to comprehend
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
slapping the opponent with the open hand
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
adherent; devotee; believer
to subsist; to keep on living
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity