carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to get slightly dirty (all over)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
worthy of special mention
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
hard to get; hard to come by
special characteristics; peculiarity; distinctiveness
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
light; easy; non-serious; minor
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
nothing but; none other than
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.