master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
large amount of money; great cost
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
El Dorado; legendary land of wealth
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to become inverted; to become reversed
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
drinking bout; merrymaking
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock
intelligence operative; spy
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
modesty; humility; being humble