colloquial grammar; grammar of modern spoken and written Japanese
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
calm water; smooth water; the usual amount of water
various parties or factions; minor parties
short steps; mincing stride; crotch; groin; thigh
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
sincerity; true heart; devotion
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure
pessimism; disappointment
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
expressing one's mind; speaking out
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
funny story; funny anecdote
tenderhearted; faint of heart
outside help; help from without; salvation by faith
leaving everything to Buddha's providence; depending on others; leaving things to others
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
many-sided; multifarious; versatility
detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed
everyday language; common parlance; vernacular
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
secret; private; surreptitious
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
profound elegance; refinement
elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)