to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
family name; lineage; birth; clan
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
ill will; malice; evil intent
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to like; to love; to be fond of
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating