new single (by a recording artist); person of marriageable age who remains single (e.g. to focus on their career)
martial arts school situated in a town
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
to do (indicating contempt for other person's actions)
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
whereabout; about where; how much
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
dry riverbed; river beach
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
samurai; warrior; military family
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
on bad terms; at loggerheads
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit