shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to follow; to conform; to apply to
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
something like ...; something called ...
one building (hall, temple, shrine, room); same room; same place; same building
public and private; official and personal; government and people
preliminary step; first step
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
discussion; argument; debate
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
leaving everything up to someone else
personal combat; one-to-one fight
worried look; worried expression
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to redeem debts (e.g. of a geisha)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
to comb down; to smooth down
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
to give rein to (imagination)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
engagement; business; affair; use; need
to smash violently; to crush
to be caught by the enemy
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative