small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
second (unit of time); arc second
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
both (people); the two of them
(point of) similarity; resemblance
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
large family; extended family
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
important person; strategic person; key figure
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
soon; before long; in the near future
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to encamp; to take up positions
the other day; some time ago; recently
to call out; to ask someone to come