yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
trivia; snippet of knowledge
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
antiquity; the previous era
a long time ago; long before now
about when; about what time; how soon
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
in search of; in order to look for
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of