anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
surely; certainly; without doubt
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
contrary to one's expectations
thus; in this way; like this
gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
have to do; must; should; ought to
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
manners; courtesy; etiquette
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
serious; not joking; straight
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
personage; person (deserving of respect)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
what's what; heads or tails
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift