to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
(plain) hot water; boiled water
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
traditional; customary; conventional
end; close; conclusion; termination
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
speaking of ...; as for ...
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to watch steadily; to stare
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.