strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
all eyes; public attention
lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan; kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting
regarding as an enemy; treating as an enemy
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
second generation; second; junior
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to invite in; to usher in
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
sudden shower; sudden downpour
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
having a crush on someone; flushing
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
retreating figure; appearance from behind
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
state of mind; (one's) mental state
to be able to manage somehow or another
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to burst (open); to break; to split
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
the other day; some time ago; recently
to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
not worth considering; out of the question