romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
freezing weather; cold weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
national character; regional character
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)
foreign dog (esp. of Chinese origin)
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
Ōgai; Ōgai Mori (1862.2.17-1922.7.9; novelist, poet, translator and Army Surgeon general officer)
mutation; change; transition
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up); abruptly (rise)
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
divine spirit; (Shinto) god; soul (of a dead person); spirit
one's figure during sleep
corrugated iron; corrugated sheet metal; galvanised sheet iron
rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
that; the matter in question
addition; adding; supplement
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)
seirogan; beechwood extract popular as a herbal treatment for diarrhoea (diarrhea), etc.
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
mountain-dwelling dove; Oriental turtle dove; rufous turtle dove; white-bellied green pigeon
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
time of misfortune; stroke of bad luck; calamity; woe
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for played stones; counter for surrounded points
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole