fucking; First Kitchen (fast food restaurant chain)
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
how; in what way; by what means
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
acting ability; talent as a performer
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
activation; invigoration; stimulation