nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
front kick (esp. martial arts)
chief (of police); head (of office)
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
performing arts; acrobatics
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
association; union; guild; labor union; labour union; trade union
sense of humor; sense of humour
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
colonnade; row of columns
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
intestinal; inside the intestines
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
movie set; filming location