flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
extraordinary person; genius
belief; faith; conviction
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
moneylending; moneylender
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
(religious) faith; belief; creed
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
hostility; animosity; enmity
close; intimate; on good terms
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
compendium of laws; statute books; (lit.) complete book of the Six Codes
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)