longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
in its entirety; whole; wholly
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
distant; remote; isolated
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
child; childish person; immature person
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to throw on the fire; to burn
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
same trade; same business; same profession
going to and fro; back and forth
recognition; acquaintance
slight; insignificant; small
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
first shrine visit of New Year
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
dressed up (in fine clothes)
feminine; womanly; female
smallish; on the small side