to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
several weeks; a few weeks
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
very; extremely; excessively
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
just one person; only one
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
standby; preparation; arrangement
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
the last moment; the very end
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
suffering; distress; hardship; trial