rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
every person; every mouth; every entrance
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
diplomatic; diplomatically
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
inside and outside the country; domestic and foreign