elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
day of month; counter for days
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
much less; to say nothing of
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
president (of a society); chairman
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
to pitch (e.g. a boat); to force out an opponent
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
price; cost; value; worth; merit
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories; gal
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness