clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
development; exploitation
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
president and chief executive officer
upward adjustment; upward revision
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
astronomical observation; stargazing
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
last week; the week before
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
swimming pool that is open at night (esp. for a party)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
your husband; her husband
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to attempt; to test; to try out
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
young; youth; young person
estimate (of costs); budget
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination