lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
almost; roughly; approximately
platform; home; home base; home plate
to slide into; to slip into
door; gate; opening; title page
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus)
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
successive generations; successive emperors
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
Former Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
Later Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty; Later Han dynasty (China, 947-950 CE)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
locker room; changing room; dressing room
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise