beautiful woman; (a) beauty
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
because of; owing to; due to
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to speak; to say; to vocalize
woman; female; feminine gender
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage
early on; earlier on; from early
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize