law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
every place; various places
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
looking away; looking aside
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
a few years ago; some years back
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
oracle; revelation; divine message
tacit; unspoken; implicit
one eye; one of one's eyes
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
sexy; popular; well-liked
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
several weeks; a few weeks
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
willpower; energy; vitality
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction