warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
major incident; major happening; big scandal
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
supporting role (actor); minor role
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all