fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to make a lasting impression
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
air hole; windhole; ventilator
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
modular bath; prefabricated bath
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
(brute) force; using all one's might
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
index; indices; indicator
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
exactly as stated; verbatim
almost every day; almost daily
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
freely; frankly; without reserve
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree