popular figure; outstanding person; well-known person; lion
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
prank; evil pleasures; gambling
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
thousand years; many years
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
door; gate; opening; title page
branch family; cadet family; leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name; (arch.) separate house
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
superior; boss; them (as opposed to "us"); person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
embarkation; boarding (an aeroplane, airplane)
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
property; fortune; assets
property; fortune; means; assets
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
electrical machinery; appliances
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
person who is hard to please; grouch; complainer; whiner
intelligent; wise; bright; brilliant; clear-sighted
decisive; resolute; drastic
precocity; early ripening; premature development
modern Japanese; current written style
estimation; criticism; comment