pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
greeting; a fine thing to say
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
ladylike; in the manner of a lady
one bow; one salute; one greeting
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to spread; to be propagated
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
suffix for familiar person
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
senior; elder; person older than oneself
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
female high school student
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
amber; bright golden yellow
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
color scheme; colour scheme