someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
on and after; from ... onward; since
to approach; to draw near
stifled (laughter); simmering
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
drinking straight from a bottle
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
consumption; expenditure; spending
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
proposal; offer; request; application
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable