to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
spirit world; underworld; other world; supernatural world; different dimension
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
tidbit; titbit; digression; sidebar; snippet
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
brand items; brand-name goods
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
to hold a small dinner party
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
audible range; hearing range
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
polish; grinding; sharpening
hardware store; hardware dealer; ironmonger
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building