round and cute (esp. of eyes)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
(together) with; -wide; including
special; particular; peculiar; unique
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to practice magic; to practise magic
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
weight; heavyweight boxer
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
preparations for returning (home)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
considerably; greatly; a lot
very likely; very probable
accomplishment; execution
weather forecast; weather report