episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
curious personality; nosiness; curiosity; rubbernecking
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
ritual implement storehouse
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
equipment used in a ritual; ritual implement
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
to compete for the first place; to be one of the two best
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to break the prohibition (law); to violate the ban
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to become locked; to lock
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lineage; pedigree; family line
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper