just past noon; afternoon
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
sublime; noble; high-minded
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
one's own property; possessions
double-edged; double-edged blade
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
established practice; custom
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
a few years ago; some years back
to boost; to force up; to push up
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
futomaki; thick roll of makizushi; rolling something thickly; something rolled thickly (a cigar, etc.)
ehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus, species of Indo-Pacific perciform fish)