nightclub with hostesses; risqué bar; dubious nightclub
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
murder of one's own lord or father
to be caught in an evening shower
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
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
town councillor; town council member
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
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
Atai (post-Taika hereditary title often given to regional administrators)
moving out of a dormitory
to be on the right track; to be close enough