crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
shoji (paper sliding door)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
briskly with small steps; trotting
youthful; young; young-looking
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
difference; variation; difference
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
setting a place; setting the table
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
final; eventual; ultimate
junior high school student; middle school pupil
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing