to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
(turned out) all right in the end
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
requisition; commandeering; conscription
silverware; silver tableware
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
predecessor; people of former times
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
to go into labor; to go into labour
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
novel coronavirus (esp. SARS-CoV-2)
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to arrive; to come to pass
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
method of treatment; cure; remedy
disease rate; infection rate; morbidity rate
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme