pink (colour, color); peach
welcome; (warm) reception
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
to like; to love; to be fond of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
memory; sense; experience
so; therefore; and; (and) then
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
crossing a mountain; other side of a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
with a click; with a clink; with a snap; firmly; tightly; compactly
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
soot on the bottom of a pot or pan
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to feel sick; to be nauseated
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
burnishing; glazing; polishing
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
curiosity; inquisitiveness