nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to have a reason; to have an excuse
indecisive; irresolute; weak
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
public discussion; public criticism; controversy
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to employ; to hire; to charter
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)