editorial office; editorial department; editorial board
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
article; news story; report; account
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to enter someone's territory by force
your honored father; your honoured father
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
dispersing; breaking up; running away
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
work of art or literature that brings fame
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others