child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
to mind; to care; to worry
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
two parts; two copies; the second part
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
logical layout, organization
physical layout, organization
plan; protocol; manifest; program
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
book making (binding, publishing)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to be strangled; to be constricted
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
end of a match; end of a game
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
bulletin board system; BBS
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
to hit (someone) once; to give (somebody) a punch; to intimidate (someone)