tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
cloth tie-dyed with a scarlet red dappled pattern
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
competing; competition; auction
widower; divorced man not remarried
one's parents' generation
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam); old man living in the countryside
to jest; to clown (around)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
refinement; style; sophistication
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump