telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
tension; mental strain; nervousness
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
electricity; (electric) light
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
(some) more; even more; longer; further
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
anything and everything; just about everything
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
university student; college student