tea house; wayside tea stall; coffee shop; kissaten
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to stick in one's throat; to choke on something
another school; other schools
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
sobering up; method of sobering up
full alert; special watch
general mobilization; full mobilization
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
based on; on the basis of
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Fushimiinaritaisha (in Kyoto)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to commit an act (or acts) of terrorism
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
high-quality goods; luxury item
revision; amendment; alteration
healing item; health item
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
secrecy; highly classified information
gag order; gag rule; gag law
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
flax (Linum usitatissimum); linseed
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to take (someone) to task; to tell off severely; to give a good talking-to; to scold
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
to understand; to make out
to jump from one thing to another
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation