originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
lack of reflection (on one's conduct, failures, etc.); lack of self-examination; lack of introspection
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
sacrifice sale; selling at a loss; dumping; clearance sale
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
shop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories
supplier; provider; vendor
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
tight skirt; straight skirt
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
almost not able (to do something)
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
appearance; air; condition; state; form
unheard-of; unprecedented
article for everyday use; domestic article
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding
five (long cylindrical things)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots