information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to listen to in an ecstasy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
again; once more; a second time
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be able to manage somehow or another
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing