(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
exaltation; emotional uplift
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
transfer; assignment; conveyance
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
certainly; surely; definitely
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
postwar period; period after Second World War
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces