gods or demons that cause epidemics
pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively
to threaten; to intimidate
year of the Rooster; year of the Cock
age (expressed in the Western style of counting fully completed years)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
cycle racing track, esp. for keirin (course)
unsociable; retiring; solitude-loving
to speak one's mind; to speak very frankly
Saichou; Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822)
to behave well; to mind one's manners
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
intellectual-type gangster
to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head
the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
downhill road; descending road
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
common name; popular name; secular name; bad reputation
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
coarse salt; unrefined salt
year of a person's death; one's age at death
basic rate (i.e. excluding optional service fees, usage charges, etc.); basic charge; base cost; base price
deplorable; alarming; grievous; lamentable
left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left
out of sight; out of eyeshot
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
cooking expert; culinary researcher