a long time ago; long ago
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
popular person; favorite; favourite
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
(Japanese-style) undershirt worn under nagajuban
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
woman's looks; woman's charm
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
space; room; space (between letters, words, etc.); space (piece of type); (outer) space
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
shriek of delight; cry of joy