to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
one's (only) good suit (or kimono)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
(arch.) crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony; noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
spring day; spring sunlight
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die; (arch.) to go bad
to translate; to interpret
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
Bellmark; Bell Mark; tokens collected from product packaging and exchanged for school supplies
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to throw (strongly, violently, etc.)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
to be smeared; to be covered
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
several years; a few years
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
trick art; trompe-l'oeil; trompe l'oeil
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper