going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to say; to be called; to do
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
bowel movement; evacuation; understanding
even if; even though; however; no matter how
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
accepting bribes; corruption; graft
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
death penalty; capital punishment
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
rational; reasonable; logical
toughening the law; making the law stricter
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
control; management; supervision