dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
earnestly; immediately; exactly
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to chase; to run after; to pursue
decision; determination; resolution
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
irony; rhetorical question
to defy conventional wisdom
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
witnessing; observing; sighting
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
process; course; mechanism
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone