confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
feelings; thoughts; meaning
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
way one walks; one's walk
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to prostrate oneself before
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to surround; to crowd around
arrest; apprehension; capture
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string