appearance; air; mien; getup
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
trusting too much; overestimating ability
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to bend (a piece of wood, etc.); to bow
cigarette end; cigarette butt
social class; social strata; social scale
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
soon; shortly; before long
to that degree; that much; a lot; very much
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal
loved one; lover; sweetheart
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
Yumeno Kyūsaku (1889.1.4-1936.3.10)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
word game; wordplay; playing with words
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
earthenware; porcelain; china; Seto ware; ceramic ware from Seto (Aichi Prefecture)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge