wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
another thing; exception; special case
head; chief; boss; leader
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
consideration; taking into account
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
gushing; overflowing; everlasting; unfailing; endless
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
old body; aged person; elderly person
making a guest appearance; guest starring
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
archipelago; chain of islands
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
daimyo in the Warring States period
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
loose; slovenly; sloppy; disorganized
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance