playing with one's fingers (a guitar, etc.)
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
plaintive (melody, tone, etc.); sad; mournful; doleful; sorrowful
to easily attain victory; to dupe; to swindle
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
deadly serious; deadly earnest
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
four posts that used to support the roof over the ring
to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to kidnap; to abduct; to snatch; to carry people away; to take by force
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
encumbrance; burden; drag
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
grayish blue; greyish blue
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to smash down; to beat in
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to emboss; to carve in relief; to finish carving of engraving
cider (alcoholic); hard cider
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand
short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient; hasty; rash
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
demand note; dunning letter (note)