appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
manner of using one's hands
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
several weeks; a few weeks
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to perceive; to understand
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
present continuous tense; present progressive form
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
stepping back; drawing back
six; sixth (interval, chord)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently