to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
jealousy; roasted rice cake
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
to feel itchy; to itch; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
lightly; easily; carelessly
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
New Year's Eve; December 31
visiting a shrine on New Year's Eve and staying there until (or returning on) New Year's Day
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
haori (Japanese formal coat)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
New Year's Eve; end of the year
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
exaltation; emotional uplift
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
trio; gang of three; threesome
everywhere; all over; throughout
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
one's husband; one's wife