certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
way of asking; way of listening; listener
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
how can (one) do something
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
although I say; although one might say; although called
an odd piece; odds and ends
kanji "large village" radical at right (radical 163)
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person