dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
major incident; major happening; big scandal
promotion; raising of status
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to boil strongly; to be excited
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
polite; courteous; hospitable
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
matter for great congratulation
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to be entwined; to be involved
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to tear off; to strip; to rob
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement