exaggerated beyond recognition; nonsense; wild talk; lies
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
bird of paradise (Paradisaeidae family)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
great depth; bottomless; great height
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
development (of film); photographic processing
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
to do over; to remake; to resume
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
sunlight filtering through trees
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
simply; merely; only; solely
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt