greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
together with; same; both; all; including ...
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus); (arch.) partridge (of genus Perdix)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
mutual attraction; being in love
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
garden gate made of branches and twigs; wicket gate
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
Japanese spaniel; Pekinese; chin
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to go out and away; to leave
pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
detached building; solitary house
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
as soon as possible; ASAP
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
trouble; bother; annoyance
to call out; to ask someone to come