grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
very big; very large; taking up a lot of space
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
to have an eye on; to zero in on
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
innocent (e.g. child); pure (e.g. heart)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
body; body blow (in boxing)
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
Alice; Alliss; Alyce; Arisu
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
voiced consonant in Japanese
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to strip; to peel; to tear off
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle