(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
before the gate; in front of the gate
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
after that; afterwards; thereafter
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
potter's wheel; lathe; pulley; windlass
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
head temple of a Buddhist sect; headquarters (of an organization); head of operations; nerve center
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
what is colloquially called; what is commonly referred to as; what is popularly known as; so-called
Gothic Lolita (type of fashion style)
ten-year-old; ten year old
instant; moment; for an instant
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
home environment; family environment
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
back (of a chair); backrest