oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
jokingly; in the form of a joke
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair; chain of people sitting on each other's laps
in low spirits; dejected; sad
greatest mistake of one's life
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
late at night; at a late hour
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
tram; streetcar; trolley; tramcar
head; lead; vanguard; first
power; authority; influence
heir; inheritor; successor
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
successively; one after another
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
surrounding at a distance
along; parallel to; in accordance with
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
ordinary citizen; the general public
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint