treasure; treasured item; prized possession
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shed light; to cast light
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
ring; band; ring; circum-
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to hide; to keep to oneself
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to stiffen; to become stiff
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
time; hour; season; time of the year
spring term (e.g. school); spring period
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
two (long cylindrical things)
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)