to lay out a futon; to make a bed
computer game for men featuring beautiful women characters (usu. adult game)
virgin; innocent young woman
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
every person; each one; everybody
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
festival; feast; carnival
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
complete change; about-face
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
candied apple; toffee apple
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
road approaching a shrine
in succession; one by one
okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
succession; continuation; series; sequence
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour