pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
study; diligence; discount; reduction
near; close by; within reach; familiar
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
image; figure; figure; form; image
haori (Japanese formal coat)
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
drinking party; banquet; feast
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
to shoot a person to death
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
to open wide; to reveal hidden contents
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route