[むずかしい(P);むつかしい, muzukashii (P); mutsukashii] (adj-i) (1) difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); (2) fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; (3) gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); (4) (arch) dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; (5) (arch) unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky; (P) #2593
[kodawari] (n) (1) obsession; fixation; hangup; (2) determination; fastidiousness; pickiness about (trait, style, etc.) #9749
[おとす, otosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) { comp } to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) { MA } to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting); (P) #10232
[ramadan] (n) Ramadan (9th month of Muslim calendar); fasting month
[いきじめ;いきしめ, ikijime ; ikishime] (n) (1) (いきじめ only) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・1) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; (2) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・2) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (3) (esp. いきしめ) (See 活け締め・いけじめ・3) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank
[いけじめ;いけしめ, ikejime ; ikeshime] (n) (1) (いけじめ only) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh; (2) (esp. いけしめ) fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport); (3) (esp. いけしめ) killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank
[きむずかしい(P);きむづかしい, kimuzukashii (P); kimudukashii] (adj-i) hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious; (P)
[こりしょう, korishou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (1) fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession; (2) susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders; (P)
[くうふくじ, kuufukuji] (n) fasting
[けっぺき, keppeki] (adj-na, n) fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; (P)