shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
under 1 year old (of a baby); (lit.) 0 years old
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
world-destroying conflagration
offering one's opinion (to someone on something)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
selective; optional; alternative
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
stifled (laughter); simmering
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
something; some kind of; for some reason
woman who has divorced and moved back to her parents; moving back to one's parents after getting divorced; leaving and then returning (to a company, etc. one has previously left); leaving from and returning to the same port (of a ship)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
bygones; the past; past event