rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
flashiness; showiness; brilliance; bloom; flowers
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
rubbing one's hands together
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
round; spherical; circular
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
the whole day; all the day
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
practical question (problem); practical matter
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
minuteness; one millionth
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
walking alone; walking without assistance; unique; matchless; unparalleled
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
adherent; devotee; believer