plump; fleshy; chubby; (walking) slowly; with soft-footed steps (of toddlers, small animals, etc.)
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
working in the fields; working on a farm
to be itching to do something
meeting place; assembly hall
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
without doubt; certain; sure
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
queue jumping; breaking into a line; interrupt; wedge
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; humorous mask of a homely woman's face
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to express (in words); to confess