searching; hunting for news story; journalist
paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
contract (for work); contracting; undertaking
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
to arrest; to capture; to seize
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
witness stand; witness box
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
meritorious deed; services
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to hate each other; to hate mutually
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
to make a firm resolution
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
emphatic sentence-ending particle
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
index finger; forefinger; second toe
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
partly puffed up; bubblingly
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks; settling scores
Saber (Honda sedan); Sabre (jet fighter)