shyness; bashfulness; shame
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
to become fraught with emotion
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
dress right!; right dress!; following someone's example (uncritically); following suit; imitation
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
one's own army; one's own team
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
everything working out as desired
to be frank; to drop all pretense
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
pathos; melancholy; sorrow
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
general mobilization; full mobilization
loved one; lover; sweetheart
shame; disgrace; (sexual) violation; rape
to say; to be pleased to say