chivalrous spirit; chivalry
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
stimulating; exciting; provocative
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
attendance; presence; appearance
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
new building; new construction
reducing the floor space when remodeling a building
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
furnishings; implements; equipment
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms