siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
sea god; Poseidon; Neptune; sea; ocean
drifting; drift; being adrift
to hold fast; to protect to the end
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
some people; a few people; several people
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
rouge and powder; cosmetics
thousand years; very long period; forever
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to unfold; to unroll; to open
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
being struck mad by love; blind love
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)