plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
calm; composed; leisurely
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to meet somebody by chance; to happen upon
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
either way; in any case; one way or another
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
world fair; international exposition
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
taking a commemorative photo
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
scenery; scene; landscape
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
tingling; stinging; pungently
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
vexing; irritating; impatient
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember