number; number plate; license plate
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
middle of the night; dead of night
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
go that far; to that extent
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
while alive; during one's lifetime
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
dumb-ass; person lacking common sense or basic knowledge; delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
doing whatever one pleases
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
near; close; beside; third person
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
to beat to death; to kill
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
misappropriation of public funds
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with