lesbian feelings; lesbian tendencies
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul; transfer of merit
where might is master, justice is servant
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
one room apartment; studio apartment
weak child; frail child; gangly child
child benefit; child allowance
top hundred; hundred best
pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin
(abbr) Harvard University
good (place to leave off); convenient
that's all from me, and now the next speaker
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
being excited; having the jitters (with expectation)
slightly off; not quite good enough; slightly wild-looking (e.g. fashion)
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
decorating a metal surface with small dots resembling fish eggs; twill weave; basket weave
dirty old man; pervert; lecher
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
to kick (at someone, something)
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)