black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
freshly-grated (e.g. daikon)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to tighten; to press hard
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
songwriting (words and music)
one's own work; making by oneself
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
while; during; while; although; all; both
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
very young; little; childish; immature
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign