stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
to give up smoking; to stop smoking
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
old Japanese court music; gagaku
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
seven-and-five-syllable meter
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
group; bunch; crowd; group
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
Department of the Imperial Household
Kanou Jigorou (1860.12.10-1938.5.4)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to blow through; to blow over; to blow itself out
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker