office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
good feeling; feeling good
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
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 tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
all; entire; whole; altogether
reality; actuality; hard fact
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
anything and everything; just about everything
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...