daytime; noon; broad daylight
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
most difficult; next to impossible
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
Chinese temple bamboo (Sinobambusa tootsik); tootsik bamboo
self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
intersection; crossing; crossroad; street corner; street
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
to take off one's clothes; to undress
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
everyday clothes; underwear
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
evening meal; supper; dinner
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
main question; real issue at hand
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
nowadays; these days; at present
Bun'ei era (1264.2.28-1275.4.25)
Kōan era (1278.2.29-1288.4.28)