(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
newspaper story (article, account)
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
wandering; roaming; drifting
process; course; mechanism
to care for someone; to look after someone
appearance; air; mien; getup
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
slightly wild-looking (fashion; esp. of a middle-aged man)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
to incur someone's enmity
premature death; untimely death; dying young
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
on the occasion of; at the time of
outsider; someone outside of a group
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
true character; real nature
being left in an awkward position; being put in a dilemma; being in a fix; losing face
plump; with a thud; heavily
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with