something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
despair; desperation; abandonment
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
love affair; love relationship
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
few decades; many decades; several decades
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
royal line; royal descendants
(not) even once; (not) ever
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
again (and again); once again; yet again
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)