removing one's hat; admiring (someone) greatly; taking one's hat off to
beginning; clue; starting point
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
woman who works in the sex industry
body and soul; mind and body
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
reaction; response; reaction
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to overdo; to go to excess; to indulge; to act licentiously
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
madness; craziness; insanity
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)