red or gold circle representing the Sun; national flag of Japan; Japanese flag; Japan; Japanese government
third time lucky; third time's the charm
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
winter landscape; winter scenery; wintry landscape; wintry scene
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
foreign matter; impurities
infancy; childhood; tender age
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
sunlight filtering through trees
isolated and helpless; alone and unassisted
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)
the good fortune to have been born male
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to tumble down; to roll down
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever
remains; corpse; (dead) body
to be nearing death; to be dying
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
marriage; marriage tie; love knot; spiritual connection (to a person, object); spiritual tie; fated connection
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate