great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
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)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
educator; teacher; educationalist
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
Kumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)