to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
more than anything; above all else
resentment; indignation; anger
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to comb down; to smooth down
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to jar; to creak; to grate
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
opposite bank; farther shore
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke