will you marry me

A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Kyūjitai form of 私生児 (“illegitimate child”)

expensive (たかい) / worthful, precious (たかい, とうとい, たっとい) / superior, aristocratic (たかい, とうとい, たっとい, えらい, あてやか) / to esteem (とうとぶ, たっとぶ)

Empire of Japan (official name of Japan under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1890-1947)

Alternative form of ホルターネック

stagehand in kabuki and bunraku (who dresses fully in black)

steam whistle

drop (of liquid); droplet

walk / a step