expression of one's feelings; pouring out one's heart
monaural; monophonic; mono
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
purse; change purse; wallet
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
autumn breeze; fall breeze
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
sensitivity; susceptibility
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
what's what; heads or tails
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
singing voice; (sound of) singing
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
speaking voice; talking voice
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh