to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
bipartite; in two parts; double
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
toilet articles; makeup kit
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
stepping back; drawing back
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
vanity case; cosmetics case
shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
circulation of the blood; apprehension
to become better; to improve
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
posterity; future generations
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
don't worry about it; forget about it
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
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)
one eye; one of one's eyes
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind