Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
worthless thing; trivial thing
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
useless; vain; aimless; idle
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
like that; that way; thus
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
basic factor; (medical) predisposition; diathesis
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence; person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive; faux-naïf
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten
exquisite flavor (flavour); delectable flavor; delicious flavor; delicacy; delectable dish
both (people); the two of them
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
flower picking; flower gathering
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
going to the toilet (of a woman); relieving oneself; (lit.) flower picking
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
mid-year gift; summer gift