crown; diadem; bottle cap
reflective; introspective
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
viewer; (television) audience
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to find out; to discover; to detect
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
shower stall; shower cubicle; shower room
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
change in appearance; transformation
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
stability; security; equilibrium
mass communication; mass media
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
monolith; large slab of rock
unable to resist; unable to suppress
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
writing into law; codification; enacting
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable