silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
not counted (in the score); not tallied
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
such; like that; that sort of
throwaway; disposable; single-use
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
absence; disregard; indifference
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
fancy goods; cute accessories (often product tie-ins)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to breathe while sleeping
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be transparent; to show through
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
comparatively; quite; rather
blood relationship; blood relative
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
surely; certainly; without doubt
yearned for; longed for; missed
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement