to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
popular person; favorite; favourite
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
society; public; community; social studies
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
pure heart; naivete; innocence
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
thereupon; shortly thereafter
love between a parent and child; parent-child affection
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
memory; sense; experience
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
at the height (peak) of one's popularity
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
in perfect form; going swimmingly