narrow; thin (sized); slender
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
overflowing with charm; full of smiles
anecdote; brief (comic) story
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
your acquaintance; people who know
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
movie director; film director
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
feelings; thoughts; meaning
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
remarkable; striking; obvious
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
deceiving; cheating; fooling
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation