dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
that is to say; so that means
man; male; masculine gender
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
don't you think?; indicates question
offender; criminal; culprit
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
something; some kind of; for some reason
long face; looking dejected
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
delicacy; tact; sensitivity; consideration; thoughtfulness
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
inattention; absent-mindedness
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
with a thump; (hanging) straight down
economical; efficient; lean; compact
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)