Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
spanking; traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, is hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
famous sword; excellent sword
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
two times; twice; two degrees
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
to follow; to conform; to apply to
military affairs; military service
chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.)
duty; function; office; mission; task
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
metre; meter; meter; gauge
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
historical play; period drama
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to refer to; to use as reference
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to say; to be called; to do
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which