bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
just the other day; quite recently
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
guess; speculation; supposition
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
calling by name; designation; nomination
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to be to the point; to be pertinent
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
special training; intensive training; crash course
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
freely; frankly; without reserve
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point