start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
designated city or core city required to run its own public health centers
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
Western-style; Western-fashioned
putting one's courage to the test
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
university student; college student
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
cotton gloves; working gloves
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum
to settle (in a place); to settle down
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
in name only; titular; nominal
staff member; station employee; official
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
housing district; residential district
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
attendance (at school); going to school
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
social; societal; societary
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
peerage (in Japan; 1869-1947); nobility; aristocracy
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
burial mound for severed heads
chain letter that promises bad luck if you break the chain
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast