dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
later on; eventually; afterwards
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
having an ancient and honorable origin
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
main cause; primary factor
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
region; limits; stage; level
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
family bath (in a ryokan, etc.)
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to support each other; to support one another
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
pending question; unresolved problem
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
pro baseball team; professional baseball team
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to get narrower; to contract
opening and shutting; opening and closing
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
anal sex; anal intercourse