backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
hidden room; secret chamber
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
period of youth; while young
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
chit; sales slip; voucher
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
drink money; drinking money
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
destruction; annihilation; extermination
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
profitable plan; good plan
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
performance of one's official duties
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
interest; rights; concession
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents