as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to get angry; to snap
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
urbanization; urbanisation
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
going up and down; rising and falling
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
interference; intervention; meddling
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
on the way home from work; returning from work
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
12th day of the month; 12 days
carving; engraving; chiselled features
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
horse mackerel, cut open and dried
natto (fermented soybeans)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute