stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
to give; to let one have; to do for one
annals; chronicle; chronology
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; woman; -ass
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
from outside; from the side
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
meeting; greeting; welcome
along the way; along the road
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
all night; throughout the night
one's whole heart; everything one feels
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
broad street; main street; avenue; boulevard
interruption; suspension; break
desperately; recklessly; (rushing) headlong
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
manly; masculine; like a man
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to become senile; to show signs of decline; to lose one's edge; to lose one's touch; to lose one's astuteness
masculine woman; mannish woman; feminine man; effeminate man; intersexual; hermaphrodite
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low