disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
advantage or disadvantage
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
Indian soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi); Chinese soapberry; washnut; soapnut tree
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
love story; romance; love affair
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
feelings; thoughts; meaning
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
hiding one's embarrassment
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
claw crane; toy crane; crane game; arcade game where the player captures stuffed animals, etc. with a UFO-like crane
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull