expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
depravity; corruption; degradation
we (esp. used by merchants, etc.); my store; my shop
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
still; even now; to this day
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
under the influence of alcohol
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
hullo there!; way to go!; bravo!
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
New Year's pine decoration
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)