to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to break (a promise); to ignore (a call, text message, etc.)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
constructing and selling a ready-built house
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to make (one's heart) beat fast (with excitement, etc.); to flutter; to pound
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
transformer; trance (semi-conscious state); trance; trance music; trans; transgender
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
meaning; connotation; denotation
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region