princess; daughter of a nobleman
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
second (unit of time); arc second
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
noisy; confused; uproarious
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
revision; amendment; alteration
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
solution; solution strategy
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
growth period; growing season
point in question (at issue)