to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
villain; baddie; the villain's part
recitation; reciting from memory
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
considerably; greatly; a lot
to become better; to improve
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
to raise one's voice; to shout
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
superiority complex; sense of superiority
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
all nighter; sleepless night
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
Edo-period unit of gold coinage; golden eyes (of a cat, etc.); splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up