giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
dated; date; fixed; external
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
being rampant; domination
curtain; hanging; bunting
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
evening; early night hours
thick curtain; drop curtain
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
woman; lady; adult female
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
head; brains; intellect; understanding
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
(another's) daughter; young lady (esp. of respectable upbringing)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die