(atmospheric) negative ions (supposedly having positive health effects)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft, warships, etc.)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
up until now; as recently as the present
something like ...; something called ...
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
Kokin Wakashū (Heian-period collection of poetry)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
binding particle (e.g. "ha", "mo", "koso", "shika"); linking particle; connecting particle
realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); perfective form
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
in this way; along these lines; similarly