copycat criminal; copycat crime
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
event; phenomenon; matter
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
materials; data; document
plural; multiple; several
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
common people; ordinary people; masses
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
antiquity; the previous era
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
to look down on; to make light of
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty