very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
as if it were about oneself
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
taking a commemorative photo
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
how dare ...; how could ...
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
somehow; for some reason or other
to run about trying to escape
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
in the morning; during the morning