inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
town; city; municipal; urban
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
useless resistance; vain struggle
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to be born; to come into the world
hello; good day; good afternoon
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to read the situation; to sense the mood
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
being on duty; person on duty
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around