mixed vegetable and seafood tempura; something pulled upwards; small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat; turning up a lamp wick
belly-button lint; navel fluff
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
protection; shield; shadow of eaves
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
dilettante; lecher; nymphomaniac
losing one's virginity; defloration
living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof
second year (college) student; sophomore
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)
pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
vaginal vestibule; vulvar vestibule
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to lick something up; to lap something up
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
busy; hurried; yours sincerely; yours in haste; (arch.) simple; (arch.) brief
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to make a mistake; to commit an error; to commit a fault