moving; touching; stirring
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
bodily sensation; sense; experience
for the first time in one's life
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate