mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
understood; I see; OK; present; here
button (clothing); push-button
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
speaking voice; talking voice
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
existence; possession; having; limited company
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
by itself; automatically; naturally
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
vast; boundless; vague; obscure