ringing; throbbing violently
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to put on airs; to assume importance
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
powerful person; influential person
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
tendency; trend; inclination
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
face; looks; vestiges; trace
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole