tips of one's hair; hair ends
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
turning to the left; left turn
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
turning to the right; right turn
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
(United States of) America; USA
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
upper half of the body; upper body
to perceive; to understand
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)