to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
unexpectedly; surprisingly
incident; affair; happening; event
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to tower over the surroundings
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
secret; private; surreptitious
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
and; thereupon; because of that
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
royal castle; imperial castle
to understand; to make out
accomplishment; execution
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise