memories; recollections; reminiscence
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
to cover with paint; to hide with paint or make-up
to bury; to embed; to implant
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)
polish (jewels); cultivation
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)