Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo
surgical castration; castration surgery; neutering; orchiectomy; orchidectomy
river management; river improvement; flood control
brand loyalty; brand-orientation; brand consciousness; infatuation with big-name brands
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
general news; miscellaneous news
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
everyday clothes; underwear
old-fashioned person; old-timer; old fogey
as long as one's strength lasts
to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone; (arch.) to use as an excuse; (arch.) to make a pretext of
indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic
thump; thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)
Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)
brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
drenched; soaked; romantically
earnestly; immediately; exactly
sound asleep; fast asleep; untidy; slovenly
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
to cook (something) with rice
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor
underline; side line (equivalent to underlining in vertically written text)
to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck