revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to feign innocence; to feign ignorance; to wipe one's mouth
cleanup (hitter); cleaning up
beautification; glorification
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
no matter how much time passes
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)