to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
consultation on career, university, etc. choices
permanently neutral country
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
to happen to meet; to come across
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
outsider; someone outside of a group
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
killing time; staving off boredom
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
blocking the way; standing in the way
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane