to call in; to invite; to bring in
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
store name; shop name; restaurant name
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
prospects of victory; chances of success
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
hard-fought win; winning through perseverance
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
crops; agricultural produce
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion; (arch.) spring onion
single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; cloth of a tokko pattern
to become locked; to lock
to jump into; to rush into
to sob; to be choked with tears
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
international; diplomatic intercourse
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking
lover; mistress; kept woman