returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
morning soap opera; morning television serial
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh
to make laugh; to set to laughing
Japanese marten (Martes melampus); marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
repeatedly; several times; many times
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for; amorous woman
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to perceive; to understand
immediately carrying out (a plan)
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
and; thereupon; because of that
hills and fields; countryside
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
coloured paper; colored paper