sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
choices; alternatives; options
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
groundwater; underground water
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
only recently; just of late
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
best regards; please take care of; please do
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
after death; posthumously
intelligence; intellect; brains
major incident; major happening; big scandal
whydunit (detective story)
howdunit (detective story)
important person; strategic person; key figure
reflection; reflected light; reflected heat; glare
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
world; society; people; the public
a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
nightlife; night amusements
indulgence (in alcohol, women, etc.); debauchery; dissipation
working feverishly; strenuous efforts; furious dedication (to a task); (arch.) having dishevelled hair; (arch.) fighting with dishevelled hair
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
yourself; himself; herself
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill