to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
carelessly; inattentively
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
every person; every mouth; every entrance
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
with a momentary flash of light
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
reaching; attaining; arrival
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
dignity; majesty; sanctity
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
violent emotion; passion; fury
to leave as is; to ignore
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative