intimacy; affection; familiarity
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
time; season; period; phase; stage
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
Yoshida Shouin (1830.9.20-1859.11.21)
early (days); initial stage; initial
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
generation; the world; the age
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
sobriety; soberness; sober face
sitting upright (properly)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
one eye; eye (for pictures, etc.)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side