to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
silence; stillness; quietness
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
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
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
creche; day nursery; day-care center
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
acceleration; speeding up
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
there is nothing; having nothing
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
listening device; bug; wiretap
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
energy conservation; economical use of energy
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)