October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to stick it out (until the end)
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; benefit; help
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
change; alteration; modification
charm; incantation; spell; curse
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
chain letter that promises bad luck if you break the chain
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
postcard; memo; note; card
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
final scene; the end; finale
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick