dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch