sensual; sexy; voluptuous
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to try a different venue (for drinking, socializing, etc.); to go somewhere else
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
naked dance; dancing naked; striptease; strip show
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
measuring container; measuring box; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit
traditional Japanese handball (game)
mitate satsujin; murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)
Ikameshi (rice-filled squid); stuffed squid
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on
it seems so; that's what it looks like
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
diving; submerging; going underwater
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song
cancellation; abandonment
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing