to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
good news; gospel (teachings or revelations of Jesus Christ)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to go crazy; to lose one's mind
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
successively; one after another
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
what's what; heads or tails
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
because of; owing to; due to
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
difficult to ...; hard to ...
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
one's post; place of work; workplace