bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
to detain; to check; to restrain
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
sympathy; compassion; pity
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to be infected; to be contagious
contest; comparison; competition
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
abusive language; violent language; wild words
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
opening hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
product name; name of an article
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted basket or box (e.g. of chocolates)
chit; sales slip; voucher