wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation
Hades (god); Hades (the underworld)
Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma
Izanami-no-Mikoto; Izanami; female deity who gave birth to Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
based on; built on; made from
the three main gods (Amaterasu Ōmikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto)
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
character building; formation of character; personality development
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to carry out one's mission
dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; discarding; throwing away; becoming useless
personal computer; PC; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
androgynous; gender-neutral
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
making a branch shrine for a deity; enshrining a divided portion of a deity's spirit at another shrine
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook