happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
work; business; company; study
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
eighth day of the month; eight days
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
of no interest; not interested
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
shallow playboy; frivolous lad; good-time Charlie
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
meaning; significance; sense
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
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
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
no matter how much time passes
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen