getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
(present) head of a family
manufacturing plant; production facility
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
fireball; bolide; fireball
bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
hair on the back of one's head
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
relying completely on others; being totally dependent on others
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
body and soul; mind and body
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death