battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
is something that; is that which
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
report; notification; registration
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
sending out; dispatching; despatching
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
noted doctor; excellent physician
(arch.) pain; (arch.) trouble; illness
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
this (very thing); this precisely
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
January; first month of the lunar calendar
control; management; supervision
permission; approval; authorization; license
to be ecstatically happy; to be on cloud nine; to be in seventh heaven
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
yearned for; longed for; missed