railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
indescribable; having no way to express
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to see through; to see the true nature of something
secret base; hideout; hidden position
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
triple feature (e.g. movie)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
grandfather; male senior-citizen
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to burst (open); to break; to split
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
hostile relations; hostile relationship
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
finger flick to the forehead
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
being too late; losing one's final chance
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
best friend; very close friend