quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever
using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
one by one; in detail; minutely
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
slope; sloping ground; sloping lot
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
terraced fields; terraced farm
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government