Hirahara Ayaka (1984.5.9-)
artist; painter; illustrator
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to stand upright with arms and/or legs spread; to dodge
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
after staying up all night
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
planned; scheduled; systematic
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
one's share; one's portion
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
telephone call; telephone (device)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
stimulating; exciting; provocative