pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to push (something) against
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
different culture; foreign culture
trip abroad; overseas travel
journal; magazine; periodical
group; bunch; crowd; group
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
race (of people); type of person
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
custom; habit; customary practice
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
way; method; means; (technical) specification
one's own army; one's own team
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
cherry blossom (colour, color)
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
in search of; in order to look for
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to become scared; to have an attack of nerves; to have a yellow streak; to chicken out; to run out of courage
towering; astonishingly high
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to