trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to sink (into); to get depressed
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to become dim; to become blurred
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
a married woman's paramour; lover
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
un-; non-; negative prefix
chastity; virtue; fidelity
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
good feeling; feeling good
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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