katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
festival; feast; carnival
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
cenotaph; memorial monument
babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)
national holiday; public holiday
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
check pattern; checked pattern; checkered pattern; plaid; lattice design
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
light; right; right field; right fielder
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
periodic; regular; routine
topic of discussion; agenda
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)