to creep about; to crawl around
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
adapting for TV; television adaptation
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
serious; severe; grave; acute
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
small; fine; detailed; stingy
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to look forward to something
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
indicate reason; infers some protest
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition