My words

刹那

せつな

moment, instant, juncture

逡巡

しゅんじゅん

hesitation, indecision

明敏

めいびん

intelligence, discernment

読み取る

よみとる

to read (someone's) mind, to read between the lines, to read (a calibration, a tape, etc.), to read (out)

浮く

うく

to float, to become merry, to be cheerful, to become loose, to become unsteady, to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place, to be frivolous, to be uncertain, to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money), to have no basis, to be unreliable

世話

せわ

looking after, help, aid, assistance

教わる

おそわる

to be taught

嘗て

かつて かって

once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex-, never yet, never before, first time, still not happened

激烈

げきれつ

violence, vehemence, fury, fervour, fervor, severity, fierceness, keenness

葛藤

つづらふじ ツヅラフジ かっとう

conflict, complication, troubles, discord, conflict (psychology)

見舞われる

みまわれる

to experience, to witness, to undergo, to suffer

苦しめる

くるしめる

to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle

別れる

わかれる

to be divided, to part from, to separate (usu. for people), to bid farewell

伏する

ふくする

to crouch, to stoop, to bend down, to prostrate oneself, to lie down, to yield, to submit, to surrender, to hide, to conceal oneself

振り向く

ふりむく

to turn one's face, to turn around, to look over one's shoulder

問いかける

といかける

to ask a question, to begin to ask a question

頬骨

ほおぼね きょうこつ ほほぼね つらぼね ほおぼね、きょう こつ、つら ぼね

cheekbones, zygomatic bone, malar bone, zygoma

頰骨

頰骨

Cheekbone

の辺りに

のほとりに のあたりに

on the shores of, by the side of (e.g. rivers, ponds), in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of, close by, near, by

震える

ふるえる

to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver

北西

ほくせい

northwest

方角

ほうがく

direction, way, compass point, direction

離れる

はなれる

to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from

案外

あんがい

unexpectedly

結構

けっこう

splendid, nice, wonderful, delicious, sweet, sufficient, fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"), (by implication) no thank you, well enough, OK, tolerable, reasonably, fairly, tolerably, construction, architecture

好み

このみ ごのみ

being fond of, having a liking for, to the liking of, favored by, popular with

肩越し

かたごし

over one's shoulder

ヅラ

hairpiece, wig

曲がりくねる

まがりくねる

to bend many times, to turn and twist, to zigzag

路地

ろじ

alley, alleyway, lane, bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof), open field, outdoors (non-greenhouse cultivation of crops), teahouse garden, path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)