dance (esp. Western style); dancing
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
component; component stereo
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to become settled; to be fixed
guard; security (officer); guardsman
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
bottom step; bottom stair; last line; last column; bottom row (e.g. drawers)
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
borrowing without returning
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
passengers getting on and off (a train)