to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to be determined or strong-willed
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
surroundings; circumference
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
reserve and consideration (to others)
to fail to be attentive to
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
egoism; egotism; selfishness
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in