imprudent; indiscreet; immodest; indecent; inconsiderate; inappropriate
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
race (of people); type of person
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
in the end; at the end of the day
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
a second time; again; once more; twice
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
another time; some other time
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly