joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
omen; sign; notice; indication
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
curse; spell; malediction
special; particular; peculiar; unique
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
after the end (of something)
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
stomach lining; gastric wall
five (long cylindrical things)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
one by one; one after another; successively
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners