ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
to come and go; to go back and forth
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
vague; unclear; elusive; hazy
just because; even if; even though
percent; per cent; percentage
searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
shopping street; shopping district
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
each time it happens; at all such times
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
classical form of martial art
bank; banking institution
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
separation; divorce; severing of connections
single-mother household; fatherless family
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
illumination; decorative lighting
Leo (constellation); the Lion; Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk
twelve signs of the zodiac
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to come into being; to be born
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine