uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
association; union; guild
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become frayed; to become loose
in comparison to; rather than
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
while; during; while; although; all; both
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
adds force or indicates command
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair