(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
deposit; payment; money received; money due
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to trample; to crush underfoot
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
to gather; to collect; to assemble
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
another school; other schools
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
and then; and so; and; so then
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to smoke animal out of its den
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample; allegiance test; loyalty test