obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
as you see; as you can see
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
fortune-telling; divination
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
business world; business circles; (the) industry
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
pointing out; identification
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
curse; spell; malediction
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
sincere; earnest; serious
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
act of obscenity; obscene act; lewd act; indecent act; indecent conduct; indecent behavior
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
arrest; apprehension; capture
sexy; popular; well-liked
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
affidavit; deposition; testimony