sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
above the knee; on one's lap
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
choices; alternatives; options
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
millet; grain; (arch.) stipend in rice; 10,000th of a shaku
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)
president (of a society); chairman
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
to come face to face (with)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to be filled to bursting; to burst
all present; all concerned; all of us
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
biological child; one's own child
headship of a family; family property
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
other than; excluding; without
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
(dead) body; corpse; remains
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
to take command; to give direction
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK