grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
photo studio; photographer; camera shop; photography supplies shop; photo processing shop; photo finishing shop
first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
first year of high school; first-year high school student
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
generous; broad-minded; big-hearted
consideration; taking into account
Japanese history; history of Japan
in unison; as one; united
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
goods; merchandise; commercial items
pince-nez (glasses); nose glasses; Groucho glasses
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
to challenge (a person) to a fight
war; battle; match; game; competition