important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
mid-season crops; mid-season rice; mid-season vegetables; metacarpus
must not; should not; do not
without penalty; acquittal; impunity
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
every evening; every night
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
recollection; reminiscence
(of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to use and then throw away