manners; courtesy; etiquette
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
letter affixed to an arrow
arrest; apprehension; capture
foreign (exchange) student; international student
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
affidavit; deposition; testimony
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
delivery; transfer; hand-over
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
historical play; period drama
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
old couple; elderly couple
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
incident resulting in injury
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to poke each other; to jab each other
Olympic Games; Olympics; Olympic rings
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
style of classical Japanese swordsmanship involving use of two swords
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)