to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
underground world; underground society
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
joints; points (of a speech)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to suffer; to groan; to be worried