etude; study; study (in painting, sculpture, etc.); trial work; improvisational theatre
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
tune (melody, piece of music)
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to tear off; to strip; to rob
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
unveiling; debut; introduction
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
with a light thud; with a flop; with a (light) clap; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
rental video; video rental shop
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
gift certificate for books; book token
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
other than; excluding; without
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
unable to resist; unable to suppress
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
nice; likeable; desirable
the very start; the very beginning
angrily; in a huff; in anger; high on marijuana
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
elder sister; effeminate man
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave