alien registration card; foreigner registration card
one's common or popular name
revival house; repertory cinema; theater showing classic films
collection (e.g. literary works); collected edition
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication
sorry; excuse me; thank you
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
written apology; written statement of regret
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
comparatively; quite; rather
just; fair; proper; reasonable
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
mental illness; psychosis
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
excessive; too much; unreasonable
will not do; do not; does not
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
as you see; as you can see
chink in the armor (armour)
cold reception; inhospitality
virtue; charm; merit; good point