slim; slender; slight; delicate
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
Jugemu (Japanese folktale)
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
hereabouts; around there; that area
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
special training; intensive training; crash course
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
everyday life; daily life
rare; uncommon; not often seen