to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
platform; home; home base; home plate
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
hard to get; hard to come by
breakdown of negotiations
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
discipline; training; teaching manners
personal feelings; self-interest
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
grandfather; male senior-citizen
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to give; to do (something) for
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)