at a loss for words; stumped for words
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
apologies for the crude food
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to get one's head around; to think about
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
good (place to leave off); convenient
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to lie down; to throw oneself down