highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
emotional care; emotional support; caring for someone's mental well-being
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
calamity; misfortune; disaster
amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to leave; to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)
old woman; joker (in old maid)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence