cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
dream for the future; hopes for the future
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
tenement house; row house
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
senior high school; high school
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
finding employment; getting a job
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
(another's) daughter; young lady
shabu-shabu; thinly sliced meat boiled quickly with vegetables, and dipped in sauce
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
marriage fraud; fake marriage
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)