to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
main question; real issue at hand
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
surely; certainly; without doubt
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
at the same time; at a time; at one time; simultaneously
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
happy; cheerful; pleasant
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
tool; implement; means; furniture
necromancy; spiritism; spiritualism
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood