comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
Japanese person; Japanese people
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
license; permit; licence; certificate
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
recovery; rescue; recapture
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
to marry into a family of rank; to marry money
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
spray glue; spray adhesive
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
export; exportation; efferent
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
to arouse criticism; to provoke; to cause a controversy; to give rise to hostile comment
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
novel; original; new; innovative
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself