four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
after school (at the end of the day)
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
interest (in something); enthusiasm
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to cause a person trouble
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
information; news; report; reward; retribution
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
in succession; one after another
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours