to press against each other; to huddle together
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
bringing; taking; carrying
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be reminded of; to call to mind
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
such; like that; that sort of; very
sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
pretension; conceit; hubris
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
heaven and earth; top and bottom
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
paper sumo; children's game of sumo played with paper cutouts of wrestlers