razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to be intimate with; to befriend
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
anger; being angry; being mad
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
busy; having no time (for)
with a squirt; spurt; with a whoosh; zipping; with a sudden whistle (e.g. gust of wind)
right and wrong; good and evil
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
going back to sleep; sleeping in
hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair; habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep; sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
leadership; initiative; spearhead
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
first generation; founder
tattoo (esp. one in a style other than traditional Japanese)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
throat; important part; vital area