to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
bridal night; first night; first watch of the night
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
emaciation; severe weight loss
Graves' disease; Basedow's disease; exophthalmic goiter; toxic diffuse goiter
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
cardiac muscle; heart muscle; myocardium
to show; to bare (the teeth)
lymphoid tissue; lymphatic tissue
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
to be detained; to take time
psychiatry; psychiatric department
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
the way back; the way home; return trip
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
all over Japan; throughout Japan
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
chaos of war; war turmoil
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
mixed race; mixed parentage
to gain weight; to put on weight