to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
clapping and cheering; applause
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
coherence; order; focus; point
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
big-name brand; brand-name goods
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to stick it out (until the end)
lightly; easily; carelessly
very important person; VIP
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to arrange (flowers); to plant
to subsist; to keep on living
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
almost every day; almost daily
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
present-day science; modern science
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray