nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
to be caught (of a wild animal, fish, baseball, etc.); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
writing side by side; writing (down) together; writing (down) both
two legs; two feet; two pairs
a step; short distance; short time
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
planning; plan; project; arrangements
natural; reasonable; understandable
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
publication; edition (e.g. morning, evening, special); published in (year); publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
host; landlord; innkeeper