keno (casino game); kino (gum, resin); kino (cinema)
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
freshly pounded (rice cake)
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to be flexible; to be accommodating
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
totally naked; buck naked
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
than; other than; except; but
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
CCD; charge-coupled device
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
weak child; frail child; gangly child
contest of strength; trial of strength
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)