soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
alone; by oneself; on one's own
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
fast-talking; rapid talking
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to talk; to chat; to chatter
stuffing a shopping container for a fixed price
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
had better ...; had better not ...
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to follow another's example
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
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.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you