tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
absolutely; positively; decidedly
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to say; to be called; to do
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
self-consciousness; self-awareness
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since