Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya; Kaguyahime (manga series by Reiko Shimizu)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
a (single) moment; an instant
to be overcome with emotion
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to lose sight of; to miss
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to leave this world; to die
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to catch the eye; to attract attention
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
matter causing distress; something causing worry
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
(right at the) side; just beside
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)