drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
nothing ventured, nothing gained
shoji (paper sliding door)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
horror film; horror movie
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
to die by drowning; to drown
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
greatest mistake of one's life
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side