interview with leading player in a game (esp. baseball); player-of-the-game interview
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
society; the world; the times
infancy; childhood; tender age
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
because; the reason why is
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of