temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
branch office; agency; sub-branch
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
large, broad-shouldered physique (esp. that of a middle-aged man); big build
neat (personal appearance); tidy
bronze color; copper color
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
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; to produce
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
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; to run into; to bump into
going to and fro; back and forth
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
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