fascination; glamour; glamor; enchantment; seduction
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
water outlet; tap; faucet
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
moneylending; moneylender
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
society; the world; the times
this and that; such and such
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress