confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
heart pounding; chest tightening
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
pointing out; identification
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
vomit; spew; puke; confessing
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
tag (children's game); tig
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to manage something successfully; to be successful
that day; the very same day