fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
middle west; Midwest (United States)
rikka; formal style of ikebana
congratulation; celebration
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
8000 years; thousands of years; eternity
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; (arch.) eldest and second eldest brother; (arch.) older and younger brother
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
inland sea; inlet; gulf; (arch.) lake
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
hacienda; large plantation; large farm estate
straw skirt; grass skirt; traditionally worn by hunters and fishermen
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb