tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
presence (impressive quality)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
primary school; elementary school; grade school
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
river; stream; River; the ... river
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess
real hair; one's own hair
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
secret information; intelligence
handing out flyers; distributing leaflets
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
call; summons; convening; convocation