teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
long hair (usu. of a man)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
war; battle; match; game; competition
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
surname; family name; last name
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
threesome (sexual activity)
to score a goal (basket, etc.); to sink a shot
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to force open; to push open
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
copy-and-paste; copypasta; block of text which is copied and pasted across the Internet
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)