awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel
shoji (paper sliding door)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
great admiration; deep respect
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
visit (from abroad); introduction (from abroad); importation
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
traditional Japanese women's hairstyle
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
warp; curvature; curve; arch
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
gleaming; shining; glistening
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to be reflected in a mirror
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely