My words

梨の礫

なしのつぶて

not getting a reply

仲人

なかびと なかひと なかうど なこうど ちゅうにん

matchmaker go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor

のめり込む

のめりこむ

to be completely absorbed in, to fall for (something)

生々しい

なまなましい

lively, green, fresh, raw, vivid, graphic

呆気ない

あっけない

not enough, too quick (short, long, etc.)

掛け替えのない

かけがえのない

irreplaceable

色彩

しきさい

colour, color, hue, tints

不可抗力

ふかこうりょく

force majeure, vis major irresistible force inevitability

月灯かり

つきあかり つきとうかり

moonlight

魔物

まもの

demon, devil, evil spirit, monster, goblin, apparition

藍色

あいいろ

indigo blue

水平線

すいへいせん

horizon (related to sea or lakes) horizontal line

さらり

sleek, smooth thin (of a liquid) without hesitation or delay

感電

かんでん

receive an electric shock

瞳

ひとみ

pupil (of eye) eye

荒れ狂う

あれくるう

to rage, to get angry

群衆

ぐんしゅう ぐんしゅ ぐんじゅ

group (of people), crowd, horde, throng, mob, multitude

拙い

つたない まずい

poor-quality, shoddy, crude unskillful, inexpert, maladroit, inept, foolish, clumsy unlucky

ほろり

ほろり

being moved (to tears), being touched by, becoming sentimental

育む

はぐくむ

to raise, to rear, to bring up

素敵

すてき

lovely, dreamy, beautiful, great, fantastic, superb, cool, capital

薔薇

ばら しょうび そうび バラ

rose

無邪気

むじゃき

innocence, simple-mindedness

孤独

こどく

isolation, loneliness, solitude

塵

ごみ ゴミ あくた ちり じん

object (perceived with the mind or the senses) one billionth impurity affliction defilement

誘拐

ゆうかい

abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping

上回る

うわまわる

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.), to surpass, to be more than, to be better than

こつこつ

コツコツ こつこつ

unflaggingly, steadily, untiringly, laboriously knocking, tapping, clicking, drumming

家庭教師

かていきょうし

private tutor, coach, governess

白日

はくじつ

bright sunshine, broad daylight