handle; grip; holder; person who holds
to find out; to discover; to detect
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
change in appearance; transformation
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
fields (of rice and other crops)
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
returning to (one's home in) Tokyo; returning to (one's home in) the capital
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
the same generation; coeval
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
contemplation; meditation
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
open; spacious; extensive
to knead well; to polish; to refine
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
fine-meshed bamboo basket
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)