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
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
story; tale; talk; discussion
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
being left out; being excluded; being ostracized
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to have dealings with; to be involved in
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually