reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
to smooth out; to straighten; to relax
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
long ago; already; a long time ago
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to put into effect; to put into practice
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
to walk away; to walk off
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
profitable plan; good plan
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate