pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
source of worry; source of distress
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
blizzard; furious snowstorm
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
high flame (cooking); high heat; strong heat
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to peel; to skin; to pare
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
game under lights (e.g. baseball); night game
traditional art; traditional performance art
bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
to push aside; to push one's way through
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
with a wriggle; in a slimy way; coweringly; hesitantly
secret technique; secret art
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
aquatic (life); living in the water
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake