taste; liking; preference
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
partly open; in half bloom
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
action; operation; effect; function
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
playing the victim; playing the victim card
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
sharing of responsibilities
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to put one's hand on; to touch
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
participation; joining; entry; adherence
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
treating (someone) like an object
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
cherry blossom (colour, color)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says