horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
lady's pin money (pocket money); payment to a cosmetician; cosmetic material; dowry (Edo period)
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
palanquin for high-status women (Edo Period)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
chuckle; snigger; laughing secretly
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
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)
single word; a few words; brief comment
deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
to like; to love; to be fond of
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
such; this sort of; like this
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly