cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to smirk; to grin broadly
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
nervous disorder; nerve disease
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
manifestation; public show; showing conspicuously
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
crazy behavior; deranged conduct
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
mental illness; psychosis
research; study; investigation
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
does not; can not; will not
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
being startled; getting a shock
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
27th day of the month; 27 days
tonarigumi; small-scale neighborhood associations established during WWII for fire fighting, policing, etc.
circular notice (esp. in binder form; passed around households within a neighbourhood association, etc.)