to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to feel oneself indebted to
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
big breasts; big boobs; boing-boing
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
wrong; different; not like that
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
environment; circumstance
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
festival; feast; carnival
it's not like; it isn't as if