to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
imposing stance; daunting pose
place where there are hot springs; hot springs spa
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
personal; individual; private
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
dozens; scores of; decades
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
showing one's face in public; facing another person
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
steel; sword steel; sword
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing
Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
two equal parts; exactly two parts
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing