to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
with a screech; with a squeak; with a squeal
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
prone to adultery; flirtatious
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
existence; being; life; survival
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
second month of the lunar calendar; February
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
nod; inclination of the head
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
extremely; very; terribly; awfully; tremendously; incredibly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
intelligence gathering; information gathering
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu