to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
being suited to a role; being the right person for the job; suitable role; suitable position; fitting part
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult reasons
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to subsist; to keep on living
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to breathe in and breathe out
descending a mountain; descent
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair
to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
the New Year begins; the New Year starts; to end (e.g. apprenticeship, service)
completion ceremony; graduation ceremony
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
folklore studies; folkloristics
manners; customs; public morals; sex service; sex industry
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
research; study; investigation
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
study; pursuit of knowledge
to look down (on); to condescend (to)