I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
self-torturing; masochistic
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
Sanjusangen-dō (temple in Kyōto)
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over
specialized; specialised; boutique
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
seat at a table; place at a table
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
another thing; exception; special case
to do earnestly; to get serious
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
with a clink (click, clack)
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to come and go; to go back and forth
cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
free time; time at leisure