popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
performing a surgical operation
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
elder sister; effeminate man
first meeting; first contest between
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
prohibition; ban; embargo
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
email friend; email penpal
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
for the first time in one's life
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
the same kind; accomplice; partner
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
beginning; opening; start; outset
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
elaborate; delicate; exquisite