to need; to demand; to take; to require
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
in the meanwhile; during the time
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
steam locomotive; steam train; (long-distance) train; non-electric train; diesel train
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
only; merely; but; no more than
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
(arch.) that is in; who is called; that is called; that is; I see
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
forbidding look; uncanny look
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
government office; agency; board
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
severely; harshly; utterly; terribly
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
with bare hands; with or from nothing
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
concession hunter; profiteer
part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono); percentage; commission
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned
government-owned; state-owned
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)