malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
marriage proposal; marriage talks
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
heavenly blessing; Tenpuku era (1233.4.15-1234.11.5)
(period of) a year; during an era
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
television program; TV program
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
cooperation; collaboration
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
large build; large pattern
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
tie-up; collaboration; partnership; cooperation
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
modesty; humility; being humble
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to sprout; to put forth buds