dressing room; fitting room
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
to run about trying to escape
cargo; freight; money or assets
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
commerce; trade; business
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
place; situation; position; location
main force; chief object; mainline
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
discovery; detection; finding
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
information bureau; intelligence department
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard