self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
good; goodness; right; virtue
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; with a pop (e.g. a cork being pulled out); with a plop; (fall) straight
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
finish; end; completion; result
to manage something successfully; to be successful
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
that is to say; so that means
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
moving; touching; stirring
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
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood