peaceful; quiet; uneventful
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
dead (money, stock, etc.); dead (ball); dead (sound, room); with little reverberation
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
ability; capability; skill
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to be born; to come into the world
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
future; possible; potential; prospective
heir; inheritor; successor
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
important point; point to make note of
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage