not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor
storage center; deposit; depository; repository; warehouse
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
Shinsengumi; Edo period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
wind power; force (level on the Beaufort wind speed scale)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
cemetery for those who left no relatives behind; potter's field
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
exorcism rite; purification
(short) rest; breather; break
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
dumpling store; dumpling seller
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
successful bid; winning a tender
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
express; special delivery
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata); something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years); Japanese fiber banana flower; green lacewing eggs
to have learning; to be educated
to be charged with a mission
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
teatime; tea break; coffee break
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion