small waist fetish; wasp waist fetish
situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; (lit.) Benkei's last stand
My Fair Lady (1956 musical, 1964 movie )
nature itself is a good mother; (lit.) even without parents, children grow up
redisplaying; republishing; reproduction; reprint; repost
small (comedy) sketch; short skit
literary form imparting a formal written nuance (with sentences ending in "de aru")
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
a prediction may or may not come true; only god knows what will happen
lovers talk; sweet nothings
(male) emaciation due to sexual overindulgence
man among men; manly man; alpha male
summer fur; summer coat; summer plumage
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; (lit.) more important than three meals a day
being excited; having the jitters (with expectation)
the reverse; other side; lining
getting points (e.g. in games, shopping)
having gone too far to turn back
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
humble position; inferior; underarm grip on opponent's belt
excellent performance; fine play
all-weather; weather-proof
to go down in history; to remain in history
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples
to be splendidly handsome
lewdness; lewd person; lecher
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
Engel's coefficient; proportion of one's income spent on food