cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
traditional Japanese handball game
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
tune (melody, piece of music)
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
elder sister; effeminate man
formal marriage interview
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
undressing and dressing; taking off and putting on (clothes)
carefree; free from worry
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
back seat (of a car); rear seat
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
nightlife districts; drinking districts
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40