work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
novel; story; (work of) fiction
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
February; second month of the lunar calendar
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
chilly; unpleasantly cold
relation; connection; relevance
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
patterns of thinking; train of thought
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
beyond one's means or position
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
change in appearance; transformation
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish