debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
hometown; rural township (of China)
to look forward to something
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
second (unit of time); arc second
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
appearance; look; aspect; strong spirit; mettle
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
snake; serpent; large snake
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to kick (at someone, something)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...