rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
something; some kind of; for some reason
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
outside of; not covered by
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
go on!; right!; here goes!
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
at first; in the beginning; originally
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
when it becomes; when it comes to
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress