half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
several times (as large, over)
to be superior; to surpass
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to surround; to crowd around
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
kabuki troupe; kabuki theater (theatre); Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to know much of the world
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
between the leaves; through the leaves
all together; in a body; en masse; all alike
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of