lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
headquarters; head office; main office
retainer; vassal; servant
public telephone; pay phone
to sniff out; to get wind of
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to feel sick; to be nauseated
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to listen again; to ask again
housing district; residential district
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
residence; housing; residential building
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage