street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
wildcard (in hanafuda); storm card; gaji (term used in Hawaii); extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
work; business; company; study
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
early (days); initial stage; initial
use; utility; profit; gain
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to pierce through; to break through
last days; the end; one's fate
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
rare (or peculiar) animal
immediately; right away; on the spot
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
process; course; mechanism
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
wherein; therein; thereinto
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience