ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to continue to work; to work away (at)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
landing; alighting; touch down
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
(a) Buddha; deceased person
jumble; mixture; mess; muddle; disorder; chaos
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
greeting; a fine thing to say
study; library; den; home office; reading room
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to sell off; to sell completely
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
how long; how far; how much
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
if you do this; if this is the case
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly