ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
to be intimate with; to befriend
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)