completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to shake one's head (in denial)
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
surface of a board or record
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
spirit; heart; disposition
menial; meanness; servility; abject
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
attractive body; nice-looking body
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)
to be entwined; to be involved
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional