costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to be relieved; to feel relieved
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
again (and again); once again; yet again
leadership; initiative; spearhead
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)