late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
old body; aged person; elderly person
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to push aside; to push one's way through
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors
prevention; precaution; protection against
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
comparatively; relatively
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
everybody; every last one of them; all
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to find out; to discover; to locate
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to not take seriously; to take lightly
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
entrance; admission; entering
muzzle; snout; muzzle (firearm); muzzle (device to prevent biting)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead