local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing
premiere; first showing; release (film)
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
hungry ghost (preta) realm
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
holding on to; sticking to
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
hanging (someone) upside down
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe