professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
looking on; remaining a spectator
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
to threaten; to make threats
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; heart rate; house of representatives
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to make a fool of someone
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to shoot a person to death
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember