yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
remittance fraud; bank transfer scam
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
affidavit; deposition; testimony
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)