dominant partner of a homosexual relationship
The Fox (Elton John album)
Tenji era (1124.4.3-1126.1.22)
fish, shellfish, etc. boiled in salted water
crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae); a tall, gangly person; string bean
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
my personal (e.g. opinion)
having experienced (something); having had the experience (of)
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
rite welcoming back the gods from Izumo Shrine (on the last day of the tenth lunar month)
kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times; the seven common disguises of ninja
tending to break out or project easily
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
Mustelidae (family comprising the weasels)
Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
to be extinguished; to be exterminated; to cease completely
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
kuda-gitsune; pipe fox; fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses; stoat
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
tooth blackening; tooth-blackening dye
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
generally speaking; in a broad way
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
written letters; handwriting
amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied