the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
living; lifestyle; living room
Akaihane (fund-raising organisation for welfare services); Red Feather
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
change; alteration; modification
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
hidden room; secret chamber
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
sexy; popular; well-liked
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to keep in mind; to memorize
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
wild beast; wild animal; brute
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
keeping things tidy and in order