token (effort); something done for form's sake
half the body; half length
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to roll about; to writhe about
relatively; comparatively
one's whole heart; everything one feels
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
witnessing; observing; sighting
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
to run a shop; to have a shop
way of talking; speaking style
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to thrust down; to push off
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
as you see; as you can see
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
calamity; misfortune; disaster
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard