Vocabulary

desiring person; luster

to let slip; to slide; to glide

greasy; slimy; slippery

to slide up to

slide rule

to slide into

comic novel (Edo period)

sliding seat

talc; talcum

talcum powder

lubricant

kudzu starch

brown algae; phaeophyceae

brown coal; lignite

Japanese Brown (cattle breed)

katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito

reddish yellow

to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)

to rise in esteem; to become popular

stock offering (to the public)

stock exchange

general meeting of stockholders

dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)

kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

purple willow

to perform anal sex (between men); to bugger; to sodomize; to sodomise

cutting grass and trees is prohibited

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck

Kamakura period (1185-1333)

legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart

cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind

to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to meet (of teeth); to occlude

to clench (one's teeth); to grit

to crunch; to masticate

to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle

to chew thoroughly; to masticate

to bite off; to gnaw through

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip)

to taste; to distinguish; to understand