disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
dispiritedness; dejection; languor; becoming flat (e.g. beer, carbonated drinks); becoming stale
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
meditation; contemplation
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
purification; refining; simplification
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
dark; not understood; unknown
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
sexually transmitted disease; social disease
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
large build; large pattern
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family