extraterrestrial life; ET
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
immediately; at once; instantly
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
tight skirt; straight skirt
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
unrequited love; one-sided love
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to rise; to erect; to get up
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
and; thereupon; because of that