maintaining the status quo
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to be all out; to exhaust
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
to get warm; to become warm
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
please; somehow or other; one way or another
creation; formation; foundation; establishment
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
trouble; quarrel; dispute
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
-less; lacking; non-existing
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to look down over; to look down on
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section