attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
person of high rank or position
school building; schoolhouse
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone); digital assistant
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
eye for people; ability to judge character
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
counterfeit (branded) product; fake brand-name goods
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
black beard; noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
alcohol dependency; alcoholism
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
remarkably; noticeably; visibly; considerably; perceptibly; appreciably
kouta (Heian-era court lady's song accompanying the men's ōuta); court lady singing a kouta; ditty; ballad; kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often a love ballad
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic