spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
rash; boil; secondhand article; bargain; fart
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
wealthy family; important person; bigwig
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
groundless rumor (rumour)
baseless rumor; baseless rumour; gossip; false report
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
how long; how far; how much
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
sacrifice sale; selling for a song; dumping
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
large-scale operators; big traders
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)
to cut off (a relationship)
promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
compulsory execution; forcible execution
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
go that far; to that extent
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements