song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
children's song; nursery rhyme
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
manly; masculine; like a man
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
turntable (record player); railway turntable; car turntable; baggage carousel
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
pieces; scraps; disconnected
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open