die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted box (e.g. of chocolates); assorted basket
to perceive; to understand
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
A Dream Within a Dream (1849 poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
subject; national; citizen
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate
(doing something) in tears
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
on the occasion of; at the time of
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
wetting; love affair; lover
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
lively person; spirited person; energetic person; live wire
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee