quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
bento; Japanese box lunch
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
engineering firm; contractor
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
ordinary citizen; the general public
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
world; society; people; the public
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
(police) detective; criminal matter
job (responsibility) of a section
(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
still; as yet; as it has been
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in