choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to rain incessantly; to downpour
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
ancestor; forefather; foremother
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
reading too much into (what ... says)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
literally; to the letter; literal
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
strong interaction; strong force
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)