black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
moment to quit; way to quit
best friend; very close friend
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
most attractive feature (of a person)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
something; some kind of; for some reason
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
hair on the back of one's head
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
such ... as; or some such
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
instant; moment; for an instant
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to push (something) against
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean