fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
bonsai; miniature potted plant
the other day; lately; recently
graded race; high-stakes race
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
quickly; swishing; whooshing
commuting to school; school commute
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
game under lights (e.g. baseball); night game
to make a name for oneself through chivalrous deeds; to establish a reputation for oneself as a true man
happy family get-together
(male) lover (esp. of a prostitute); paramour (of a married woman)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
being very popular; being in great demand
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
long slits (esp. of eyes)