to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
condition of one's stomach
to have one's horizons broadened
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
your company; your shrine
your company; your shrine
honorific affix; honorific prefix
emo; sad; melancholic; erotic in a disgusting way
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
standing on one's feet for a long time
critical moment; do-or-die situation
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
another day; some other day