SM; S&M; sado-masochism; shopping mall
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
splinters of glass; glass shards
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
turboprop (engine); turbo-propeller engine
incessant working; working non-stop
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
temporary; provisional; interim
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
good luck; fortune; happiness
sunscreen; suntan lotion; sunblock
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to graduate from a university
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
the same generation; coeval
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to spread; to be propagated
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession