to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
exclusive; attached to; specialist
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
base (military, expedition, etc.)
measuring worm; inchworm; looper (caterpillar)
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
to make an appearance; to show up
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
pleasant to look at; easy to see
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
mutually; reciprocally; together
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
(college) president; secretary-general
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
disorder; confusion; chaos