club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
(a place) out of one's reach
zest for living; energy to live
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
cost of a lesson learned (e.g. from failing at something); price of a life lesson
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
written explanation; written apology
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
making money; making a profit
on duty; at work; while working
air conditioning; air cooling
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
creator; inventor; creative; content creator; developer
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
work sent to a competition; competition entry
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
next work (book, film, etc.); next title; next release
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade