clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
issue; offspring; paternal blood
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
homosexual (person); gay person
young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation; persons under the age of 18
distinction; discrimination
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
and then; and so; and; so then
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
heart-warming; kind-hearted; warm-hearted; considerate; kind; heartfelt
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
confinement to one's home; being made to stay at home
malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted
things at hand; personal belongings
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
the real criminal; true culprit
to entrust (a person) with power of attorney (to do something for one)
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
one life; one's life; one order; one command
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
application; request; petition
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
staying at home all day (without employment); (lit.) guarding one's home
major earthquake; large earthquake
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
incompetent; have no merit
a long time (since the last time)
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
looking like one is waiting for someone
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem