lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
marriageable age; chance of marriage
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
feelings; thoughts; meaning
(made of) leather; leather-bound
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
if it is (the case that ...)
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
speaking voice; talking voice
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
chima; long skirt traditionally worn by Korean women
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Koryŏ; (arch.) Korea
master; expert; brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.); excellent move