to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to cease; to stop; to be over
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
how; in what way; by what means
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
residing; living; dwelling
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
the first and second; a few
liquid; liquid hair product
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to follow another's example
female high-school student
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
January; first month of the lunar calendar