season; the times; opportunity; occasion
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
small; fine; detailed; stingy
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to be tired of looking at
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to concern; to be related
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
festival; feast; carnival
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
at very frequent intervals; almost every other day; constantly
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
steady; firm; solid; secure
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana