the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
addition; increase; Canada
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
locational advantage; advantageous position
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
reason; logic; method; system; order
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
complete change; about-face
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to save one's face; to maintain one's status
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
to pick a fight; to find fault
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
succession; continuation; series; sequence
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to do someone in; to bump someone off