call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
enumeration; citation; listing
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
to gain fame; to make one's name
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
point of compromise; common ground
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
festival; feast; carnival
marriage proposal; courtship
hot topic; talk of the town
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
right in the middle (of); midst; height
finger flick to the forehead
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
life; living; I; me; student
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
established practice; custom
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely