leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
mistress; kept woman; concubine
each locality; each place; each region
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to be softened; to calm down
to play a leading role; to play a central part
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
in the morning; during the morning
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
commencing with; including
(not) a single person; (no) one
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
as a child; when one was a child
difference; variation; difference
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
match; game; bout; contest
tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to resound; to make a stir
close-cropped head; bald hill
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)