to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
Christmas Eve; holy night
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
outside of; not covered by
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
sensual love; love affair
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
company president; manager; director
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
dream for the future; hopes for the future
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
rule; reign; government; governing
orphan; person without friends
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
side effect; adverse reaction