irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
bronze or copper (color, colour)
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
an assortment; combination
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
to happen to meet; to come across
going to and fro; back and forth
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
in spite of; regardless of
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
false evidence; perjury; false testimony
police cell; place of detention; jail
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
while being out of the office or away from home
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
hospitality industry; service trade (hotel and restaurant); service industry
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)