artist's studio; workshop; studio; atelier
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
professional wrestling move
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
personal attendant; valet; maid
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
for the first time in one's life
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
slim; slender; slight; delicate
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to leave it as is; to leave it at that; to let it be; to stop with something
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
with a light thud; with a flop; with a (light) clap; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
blunder; (careless) mistake; error