invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
absolutely; positively; decidedly
of tender years; very young
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
correction; rectification; mending; repair
home area; home town; local
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
headquarters; head office; main office
making obligatory; making compulsory
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
novel; story; (work of) fiction
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
overlooking; letting a good ball go by
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient