to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
grandfather; male senior-citizen
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
back seat (of a car); rear seat
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
moving about; stirring about
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
recreation; diversion; relaxation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to complain; to make a complaint
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
and yet; though; when; in spite of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
house; dwelling; human habitation
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to step firmly; to harden by treading
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)