to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling