technique; art; skill; move
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
Rigolet; Rigoletto (opera by Verdi)
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
almost every day; almost daily
to be conspicuous; to stand out
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
passing through without stopping; passing by
degenerate; pervert; deviant
borrowing without returning
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
partly open; in half bloom
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
fat; tallow; lard; grease
plump; chubby; voluptuous
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
maid; helper; help; assistance
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen