preliminary step; first step
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
ambitious; motivated; willful
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
paper airplane (aeroplane)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
elegance; taste; refinement
normalcy; normality; normal
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
diversion to military use
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
to be entwined; to be involved
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
god of war; (fig.) war hero
priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name