pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
business; trade; operations; sales
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
classification; categorization; sorting
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
for example; for instance; e.g.
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989); Emperor Showa; Emperor Hirohito
enthronement ceremony; coronation
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life