to become fraught with emotion
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to throw away; to abandon
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
wood (for building); lumber; timber
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to watch steadily; to stare
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
cruelty; hard-heartedness
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
contemplation; meditation
act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
pardon; extenuation; borrowing; borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to grant permission; to give permission
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
clarification; definition
tingling; stinging; pungently
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work