to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
black cat; Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
delicious; tasty; good; nice
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
don't worry about it; never mind; it's OK
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
to be too numerous; to be too much
simplified version; abridged edition
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
haori (Japanese formal coat)
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand