persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
sanity; consciousness; soberness
walking briskly; determinedly
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
crotch; groin; area between the thighs
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
meanwhile; in the meantime
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
light pink; pale pink; cherry blossom pink
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
outward appearance; apparent
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
chicken bones; chicken carcass
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
isolation; being alone; being friendless
vicious circle; vicious cycle