entertainment district; amusement area; pleasure quarter; red-light district
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
school; proofreading; proof
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
educational system; school system
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
riding fast; driving a horse fast
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
saying goodbye (to); bidding farewell (to); breaking off (with); farewell; goodbye; adieu
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
financial page (of newspaper); financial aspects; economic front
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
toll; transit fee; transit duty
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier; bonfire
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out