to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
leg trip (in sumo, judo, etc.); foothold; pedal; indicates a consecutive period of time incl. incomplete days, etc. at the ends
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
government office; public office
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
student (esp. a university student)
difference; discrepancy; variation
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)