to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
intention; idea; inclination; wish
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
in turns; alternately; in order
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
form; shape; figure; visage
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
relationship between Japan and the United States; Japanese-American relations
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
it's no joke; gimme a break!
next term; next period; next version; next release
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
concession; conciliation; compromise