Macartney; McCartney; McCourtney
vicissitudes; ups and downs
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
(talent) scout; recruiter; headhunter
Bulgaria; spirited; rising; sudden; abrupt
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
firm; strong; solid; stable
man who has sex with many women; playboy; womanizer
difficult problem; challenge
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
I (alphabet letter); i; I; iodine (symbol)
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
clearing one's throat; cough
J; j; Japan; joule; jack (playing card); tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); Japan Professional Football League
place; situation; position; location
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
having an ancient and honorable origin
finally; barely; only just; gradually
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
disinheritance; disowning
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)