favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
best regards; please take care of; please do
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
having lost face; in a bind
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
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)
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
being left out; being ostracized
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
to bail out (water); to scoop out
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha