means of deceiving another
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
tumour; tumor; growth; boil; ulcer; abscess
(Japanese-style) dining table
court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
flexible (of people); open-minded
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
appearing to have; seeming to be
unrequited love; illicit love; secret affections
to raise (hoist) a flag; to raise an army; to start a new business
rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.
paper tube; cardboard tube
to be a prostitute; to work as a prostitute; to sell sexual services
boiling in an iron pot; boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed
bloom of youth; prime of girlhood
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
clincher; winning technique; official winning technique
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
mysteries of one's master's art; robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); (fig.) transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
cloth to wipe the sweat off
a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby