(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
first thing in the morning
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
although I say; although one might say; although called
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to accept; to receive; to agree
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
essence; true nature; substance; reality
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing