broken; intermittent; disconnected
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
how; in what way; how about; questionable
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
now that; since; so long as; because
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
torii; Shinto shrine archway
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
happiness in the next world
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
care; precaution; guarding; caution
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo); Yedo; Edo
sincerity; true heart; devotion
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
fake; something false; sham; deception
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
sympathy; compassion; pity