underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
department store; department
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
diagnosis; medical examination
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
consternation; falling into a panic; fluster; confusion; dismay; discomfiture
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
being intrusive; intrusive person
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
at some point in the past; at some stage
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
miser; cheapskate; scrooge