performer; entertainer; celebrity
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
dependence (on alcohol, drugs, etc.)
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
mass communication; mass media
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
100,000,000; one hundred million
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
all-night vigil over a body; wake
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
as if it were about oneself
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
(within) basic fare (of a taxi meter, without being charged for mileage)
(writing, painting) brush
superior; excellent; fine
to regard someone with odium; to look at someone with reproach
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly