to escape from; to get out
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
but; however; provided that
inari and maki sushi served together
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
order; sequence; procedure
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
had better ...; had better not ...
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
study; research; investigation
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
chief; main; principal; major
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself; entering the water; hitting the water
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
various places; several sources
leaning to the right; turning rightist; being on the (political) right
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty