anchorage; anchoring; mooring
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
(committee) chairman; president
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
deregistration; cancellation of registration
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
to palm off; to force a sale
to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
protruding tooth; overbite; bucktooth
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
puddle of blood; pool of blood
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
taste; palate; sense of taste
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing