superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
when it becomes; when it comes to
several times; a few times
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night
each day; from day to day; day-to-day
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
(not) even once; (not) ever
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
untouched; unused; intact
calming down; settling down; quieting down; sedation
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to be helpful; to be useful
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
cake served with tea; teacake
dairy products (esp. butter)
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
welcome; (warm) reception
to come to mind; to pop into one's head