irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
dance of death; danse macabre
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
spare time; free time; leisure time
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to run out (e.g. of the room)
third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
open; spacious; extensive
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to prostrate oneself (before)
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
sword play; samurai drama
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time
younger brother and sister
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives
the same as always; day after day
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
going back to sleep; sleeping in
daytime television serial; soap opera
level of happiness; degree of happiness
multiplier; multiplier factor
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
dejectedly; in low spirits; downheartedly