expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
learned (scientific) journal
in order; in turn; one by one
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
to push aside; to brush aside
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
pure literature; belles-lettres
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
psychological description
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
questionnaire; survey; poll
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
interrupting a game; time out
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
touché; you've got me there
male instincts; male frivolity
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not