The Tale of Genji (manga)
remote mountain; mountain recesses
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass; cat teaser (cat toy); kitty teaser
Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
art of war; strategy; tactics
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
password; watchword; motto; slogan
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
otherwise; or else; if not
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
strong-willed; strong of heart