direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
main question; real issue at hand
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
consideration; taking into account
please; somehow or other; one way or another
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
accumulation; accumulate; store
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
maid; helper; help; assistance
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
business world; business circles; (the) industry
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
comparatively; quite; rather
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
large; large-sized; large-scale; big