to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to drink up; to drain (cup)
bento; Japanese box lunch
confections; sweets; candy; cake
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); family crest designed after the Hannya noh mask; dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
to hide; to keep to oneself
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
low tone; bass; low voice
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
job application form; employee satisfaction
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to shout with exultation; to shout for joy
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
after a long time; for the first time in a while
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to get between; to be caught in
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
on the occasion of; at the time of
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
Christmas carol; Christmas song
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
after that; afterwards; thereafter