to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
emperor (of Japan); mikado
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
information; making a report (to a superior)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
to throw on the fire; to burn
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
patent medicine; nonprescription drug
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
reviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
named after; associated with; connected with
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
(not so) much; (not) very
instead; but (on the other hand)
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
pronunciation; production of sound
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
rather; sooner; preferably