roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
Suzuki (Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer)
bosom friend; intimate friend; close friend
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
while being out of the office or away from home
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
big leakage; uncontained leak
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
restaurant with only set meals
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
written oath; covenant; pledge
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
answering machine; answer phone
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh