stimulating; exciting; provocative
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
bamboo screen; rattan blind
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
make; workmanship; preparation
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
environment; circumstance
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to look around; to survey
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh