promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
riskiness; (level of) danger
bet; wager; stake; gamble
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
serves you right!; see what happens!
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
attendance; participation; presence
main temple building; nave
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
perfect; just right; ideal
willpower; energy; vitality
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
reopening; resumption; restarting
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
borrower; debtor; tenant; lessee; renter
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
due form; official; formality
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
illegal; illicit; unlawful
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)