adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
(not) so much; (not) that much
present; gift; to give a present or gift
outward appearance; apparent
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
Bayer; Bajer; Farbenfabriken Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
mask; disguise; guise; mask
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
thousand years; very long period; forever
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
superstition; superstitious belief
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response