someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
retainer; attendant; escort
polite; courteous; hospitable
to succeed; to bear fruit
every evening; night after night
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
proposal; offer; request; application
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
connection; link (on a web page)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
four (long cylindrical things)
five (long cylindrical things)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
directly opposite; right in front
first meeting; first interview with
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to be smeared; to be covered
under control (e.g. of territory)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
same village; same town; same province
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently