bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
somebody who is bad at horse-riding; a fidgety, restless person
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
wandering; rambling; roaming
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
box; box-shape; cube-type
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
retainer; vassal; servant
doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog
the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)
in every way; in every aspect; from every angle
quietly; slowly; gracefully
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed