trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
something like ...; something called ...
to feel hungry; to get hungry
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
large amount of money; great cost
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
personal (employee); employed; retained
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
selling out; being sold out
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to be well-known; to be famous
to turn completely into; to become completely
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
related to; in relation to
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent