to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
confusion; distraction; derangement
nurses' station; nurse training and placement organization
road approaching a shrine
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
elevated (structure); overhead
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
inorganic; inorganic chemistry; inorganic compound; inorganic matter
feel (of a material); texture
matcha; powdered green tea
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
dessert of shaved ice, green tea syrup and red bean paste
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
emotional wall; internal barrier
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
totally willing; fully motivated
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
breaking through a checkpoint (Edo period); sneaking past a barrier
to drift (to); to be washed ashore