My words

気付く

きづく

to notice, to recognize, to recognise, to become aware of, to perceive, to realize, to realise

でさえ

ですら

even, but, however

経つ

たつ

to pass, to lapse

真剣味

Shinken aji

seriousness

増す

ます

to increase, to grow

ごしっと顎

Go shitto ago

stiff chin

擦る

なする こする なぞる する

to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

鼻梁

びりょう

bridge of the nose

押し上げ

おしあげ

upheaval, upthrust, uplift

陰

かげ ほと いん

yin (i.e. the negative), unseen location (i.e. somewhere private)

切れ長

きれなが

long slits (esp. the eyes)

消去

しょうきょ

elimination, erasure, dying out, clearing, purge, melting away, elimination

違和感

いわかん

uncomfortable feeling, feeling out of place, sense of discomfort, malaise, physical unease

重視

じゅうし

importance, stress, serious consideration, to take something seriously, to attach importance, to stress

姿勢

しせい

attitude, posture, stance, approach, carriage (of the body), posture

信用

しんよう

confidence, dependence, credit, faith, reliance, belief, credence, trust

争奪戦

そうだつせん

contest, competition, struggle, argument

ポカ

ぽか

blunder, (careless) mistake, error

先駆け

さきがけ

charging ahead of others, the first to charge, pioneer, forerunner, harbinger

規制

きせい

regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction

低く

ひくく

lowering, bringing down

四季

しき

four seasons

準拠

じゅんきょ

basis, based on, conformance, conformity, authority (of), standard, reference

初冬

しょとう はつふゆ

early winter, tenth month of the lunar calendar

乾いた

かわいた

dry, parched

肺

はい

lung

冷気

れいき

cold, chill, cold weather, cold wave, cold air

上空

じょうくう

sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air

底部

ていぶ

base, bottom

霞む

かすむ

to grow hazy, to be misty, to get blurry, to be overshadowed