what's what; heads or tails
final; eventual; ultimate
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
every year; yearly; annually
custom; habit; customary practice
duty; function; office; mission; task
sharing; division; draw; tie
to put up (a notice); to post
how many people; a number of people
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
guess; conjecture; surmise
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
each; (arch.) you (plural)
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
hostility; animosity; enmity
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.