hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
general; overall; across-the-board
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
winner; victor; conqueror
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust
pederasty; boy love; shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love
Inagaki Taruho (1900.12.26-1977.10.25)
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
sticky (situation); finding oneself trapped
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
foreign element; impurity; admixture
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth); to clean out (ears)
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
resignation; acceptance; consolation
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
24 hours; twenty-four hours
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
racial discrimination; racism
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless