to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
farmland; rice field or paddy
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
the first and second; a few
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
prostitute (esp. Edo period)
necromancer (esp. a blind female in northeastern Honshu); medium; shaman
(licensed) red light district
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
room to let; room for rent
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
something wrapped in a furoshiki
to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)
to fade something by overwashing it
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
to whomever; to anybody at all
alternating; taking turns
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly