metropolitan tax (of Tokyo)
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt
having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
epidermis; cuticle; scarfskin; endocarp
to acknowledge; to understand; to appreciate
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
interlude; intermission; insert chapter; special chapter
strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; strong man; brave man
to talk big; to be bombastic
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
written request; requisition
head; brains; intelligence
Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
gathering clouds; group of clouds
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
person from the same province, town, village, etc.