fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
current obsession; current kick; personal obsession
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
moron; idiot; stupid person
local specialty; special product (of a region)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
new building; new construction
existence; possession; having; limited company
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
distinction; discrimination
punishment; judgement; judgment
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
self-defense; self-defence
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to take off one's clothes; to undress
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly