to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
every month; each month; monthly
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
yearning; longing for; deep affection
increase in interest rates
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
about this time; about now
even so; anyhow; at any rate
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
old woman; joker (in old maid)
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
pride; dignity; self-worth
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
son of a bitch; piece of shit
flour; meal; powder; heroin
season; time of the year; seasonal festival; seasonal banquet; seasonal feast
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to surge (water or waves)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)