friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
blood relationship; blood relative
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
to unfold; to unroll; to open
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
depiction; description; portrayal
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
closeted maiden; carefully raised girl from a well-to-do family