Sarukanigassen (folktale); The Monkey and the Crab
breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
to trample down; to devastate
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
vague recollection; faint memory
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
being left out; being ostracized
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air