woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
lord of a manor; estate steward
parental love or affection
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
weekly publication; weekly magazine
love passionately; ardent love; devotion
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to have a nosebleed; to bleed at the nose
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
cripple; disabled person; invalid
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum