lyrical; poetic; expressive of emotion
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
out of the common; far above the average; extraordinary; abnormal; unreasonable
surprising; shocking; jaw-dropping
feminist; man who indulges women; gentleman
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to be kind to; to treat kindly
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
group; party; team; squad; section
capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.); arrest
to open (one's eyes) wide
pupil (of the eye); one's eyes
resolute; determined; bold
to think; to consider; to think dearly of; to care for; to cherish
melancholy; gloom; depression
self-; from (a time or place)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
small cupboard on wall of tokonoma
bamboo wall-top spikes (or wood, iron); spikes placed at the top of a wall to repel thieves
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
river; stream; River; the ... river
St. Luke's International Hospital (Tokyo)
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
easy; simple; there's no way that ...