gallery (of a theatre); audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public
drafting (a plan, contract, etc.); drawing up
brain inflammation; encephalitis; cerebritis
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
one's home; one's humble abode
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); (in Northern Japan) conger eel; garden eel
Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
one's daughter and heiress
the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
charming; bewitching; coquettish
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
best article under heaven; peerless
precocious; precocious child
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
the same night; that night
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
life and death; life or death