proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
threat; intimidation; menace
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to be perturbed; to be agitated
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
putting on the pressure; pushing forward; being pressed; being under pressure
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
still (continuing); as ever; further
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to straighten up; to sit upright
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
to call each other; to call out to one another
change; alteration; modification
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
for today; for the time being
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
breathing of a sleeping person
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence