to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
Japanese company (business, firm)
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
sampling a drink; tasting
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
on the occasion of; at the time of
reopening a shop after renovation; post-refurbishment reopening
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to forget completely; to leave behind
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
eccentric; crank; oddball
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler