liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to become free; to get time off
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
to subsist; to keep on living
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
for a while; for some time; for a period
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
fixed; obvious; commonplace
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll up, roll up!
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
yearned for; longed for; missed
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
spirit; heart; disposition
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
start of a romance; beginning of love
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to wander about; to wander around; to hang around; to loiter
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel