interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
clapping and cheering; applause
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
in one's own way or style
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
forcibly; against one's will
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
family; members of a family
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition