daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to drift; to blow together; to have the wind start to blow; to have the wind spring up
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
ten (long cylindrical things)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
please; somehow or other; one way or another
That Thing You Do! (film)
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously