nightclub with hostesses; risqué bar; dubious nightclub
trouble of going somewhere
participial construction; participle construction
stage fright; social anxiety disorder; social phobia
you are cordially invited to participate; please come and join us
realis form (of verbs and adjectives in classical Japanese); perfective form
veneer board; plywood; joint publication
murder of one's own lord or father
to be caught in an evening shower
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
nai stem (of a Japanese verb); irrealis form; imperfective form
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
town councillor; town council member
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
prescription bag; pharmacy bag; small bottle for carrying gunpowder
home gardening (esp. food); home growing
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
term of office; tenure; incumbency
stoppage; tightness; block; infarction (e.g. cardiac)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
manipulation of public opinion
Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday; September 22, 23 or 24)
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father