Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
shoulder (of a road); berm
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to boil strongly; to be excited
step; stride; counter for steps
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list