break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
a long time ago; long ago
to be dead; to be lifeless
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
all-night vigil over a body; wake
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
one cause; one reason; one factor
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off