My words

風格

ふうかく

personality, style, appearance

季語

きご

seasonal word (in haiku)

心拍数

しんぱくすう

ones heart rate, pulse rate

巷

ちまた

the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard), the street (e.g. "word on the street") street, district, quarters location (of a battle, etc.), scene (e.g. of carnage) divide (e.g. between life and death) fork (in a road), crossroads

漆黒

しっこく

jet black

挑む

いどむ

to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle to pressure someone for sex, to woo, to make love to

裸一貫

はだかいっかん

without any means, reduced to naked personal merit

持参

bringing, taking, carrying

何たる

なんたる

what (e.g. "what rudeness") (an expression of surprise, anger)

消耗品

しょうもうひん

consumable goods

類い

たぐい

kind, sort, type equal, match, peer

自意識過剰

じいしきかじょう

excessive self-consciousness, excessively self-conscious person

陰口

かげぐち

malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someones back

余っ程

よっぽど よほど

very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite just about to

ぼったくり

rip-off, unfair overcharging, clip joint

拝啓

はいけい

Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern

逞しい

たくましい

burly, strong, sturdy indomitable, indefatigable, strong-willed, resolute, bold robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.), strong

彷徨く

うろつく ウロつく

to loiter, to putter, to prowl, to wander aimlessly, to knock around, to hang around to be confused from not knowing what to do

護身用

ごしんよう

(for) self-defense, (for) self-protection

餞別

せんべつ

farewell gift

捏造

ねつぞう

fabrication, forgery, falsehood, hoax

誇張

こちょう

exaggeration

不動

ふどう

immobility, firmness, fixed, steadfastness, motionless, idle

露出

ろしゅつ

exposure, disclosure photographic exposure

布教

ふきょう

propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work

信者

しんじゃ

believer, adherent, devotee

容姿

ようし

(physical) appearance (of a person), ones face and figure

持ち合せる

もちあわせる

to happen to have on hand or in stock

退形成性

たいけいせいせい

anaplastic

祈願

きがん

prayer; supplication