lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
elopement; running away with a lover
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
method of bringing up; method of raising
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day