to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
favoritism (towards relatives); favouritism; nepotism
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
cylindrical paper lantern
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
uncle (younger than one's parent)
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
on very good terms with each other; romantically attached
district; section; sector
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
almost; roughly; approximately
acquaintance; appreciative friend
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
shogunate retainer; shogunate vassal
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair