euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
roundabout way (of speaking or working)
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Island; insula; island; islet
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
tone (of voice); manner of talking
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
expression; presentation; representation; notation
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
coating (esp. lacquering)
door frame; window frame; frame sections of the door or window that provide most of its structural integrity
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers; chattering; idle talk
smokehole on hearth; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...