(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
handwritten letter; handwritten character
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
difficulty; relative difficulty
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
death in madness; dying insane
guesswork; speculation; hunch
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)
language center (brain); language centre
erotomania; sexual obsession; sexual maniac
illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)
kremlin; citadel in Russian town; Great Kremlin Palace (Moscow); Kremlin; Russian government; (former) Soviet government
"lucky" underwear (esp. panties), set aside for special dates
being sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold
New Year's Week (festivities)
what type of thing; which one
to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather
side parting; hair parted to one side
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
inventor; designer; planner
free ticket; free admission ticket
of tender years; very young
enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to