to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
explanation; interpretation
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
Japan's best; number one in Japan
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
to face; to go towards; to head towards
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
retainer; retinue; servant
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
journey; route of a journey
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
item; something that one "just has to have"
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to increase; to add to; to augment
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
fukuwarai; New Year's game in which blindfolded players place cutouts of facial features onto the outline of a face
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku