outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; (lit.) to invoke a storm
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
to be photographed; to be projected
sabotage; subversive activities
to have a chill run down one's spine
nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
giving up; quitting; surrendering
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
day after day; day by day
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
sad to say; how sad; alas
retry; another try; another go
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
to take a lesson from (someone serving as an example); to learn from someone's example; (lit.) to boil the dirt under (someone's) fingernails and drink it
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one