national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
to watch intently; to stare
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
although I say; although one might say; although called
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
stark naked; completely naked; nude
rather than; more ... than ...
boisterous merrymaking; racket; spree
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to eat up; to consume (completely)
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)