to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
sweet voice; seductive voice
straight-cut bangs (hairstyle)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to stare back at; to look back at
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
war; battle; match; game; competition
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
mistress; kept woman; concubine
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after