entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
sincere; honest; faithful
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
too (much); overly; excessively
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
calculated; premeditated; considered
to lose one's way; to get lost
while alive; during one's lifetime
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
article; news story; report; account
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
addition; appendix; note; supplement