temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
mask; disguise; guise; mask
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to shake; to waver; to tremble
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
erotic manga; pornographic manga
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
be on your guard!; take care!
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple