narrow; thin (sized); slender
overflowing with charm; full of smiles
anecdote; brief (comic) story
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
your acquaintance; people who know
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
feelings; thoughts; meaning
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
deceiving; cheating; fooling
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
just one person; only one
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
memory; ability to remember
vague recollection; faint memory
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
complementation; supplementation; completion
shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head
to have troubles; to have concerns
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point