heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
since then; from that time; ever since
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; (lit.) to wake a sleeping child
at least; at most; (even) just
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
street; quarter; district; area
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
premeditated crime; deliberate crime
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
natural; intrinsic; from birth
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle