seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to be driven by (one's feelings); to succumb to
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to count on one's fingers
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
intestinal fluids (juices)
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
to wash away; to rinse off
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
tasteless and odorless; bland
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation