excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
subway; metro; underground (railway)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
reception compound; part of the palace where important ceremonies were held
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
interior; inside; internal
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures; peep; placing a stone before a connecting point (threatening to divide the opponent's stones)
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
great joy; delight; jubilation
one's post; place of work; workplace
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
host club; club that provides male company for female customers
very rich person; the super rich
the same; the said; likewise
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
choice; selection; option
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material