partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
galge; video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls
tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
frost columns; ice needles
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
precocity; early ripening; premature development
bad influence; negative influence
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
gochujang (Korean red chili paste)
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
turning evil into good through proselytization
casual speech; peer language; informal language
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
fake; improvisation (in jazz music, singing, etc.); ad-lib; feint (in American football)
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia