dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
source (e.g. quotation); authority
high brow; broad forehead
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice; front pocket in a haragake
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze