physique; physical standard; posture; sexual position
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to be injured; to sustain a wound
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
three great nobles of the Restoration (Okubo Toshimichi, Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi); three statesmen who played an important role during the Meiji Restoration
great person; eminent figure
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
switching over to; migration; transition
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
killing time; staving off boredom
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse comes out from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
please pay attention to me; please entertain me
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
clubbers; frequenters of nightclubs; partygoers
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious