fine performance; tour de force
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
question; inquiry; enquiry
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
cheering song; supporters' song
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
back; rear; background; behind the scenes