My words

袖

そで

sleeve wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

店主

てんしゅ

shopkeeper

それより

apart from that, other than that, leaving that aside, more... than that, but, however

縁起

えんぎ

omen, sign of luck origin, causation

冗談

じょうだん ぎだん げだん

jest, joke, funny story

一方

いっぽう ひとかた

one person (often in negative form) ordinary, common

若しや

もしや

perhaps, possibly, by some chance, by some possibility

昼前

ひるまえ

forenoon, just before noon

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

襲う

おそう

to attack, to assail, to make an assault, to strike, to hunt down to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.) to make a sudden visit

襲いかかる

おそいかかる

to rush on, to attack, to swoop down on

武器

ぶき

weapon, arms, ordnance weapon (something used to gain an advantage), asset

豪快

ごうかい

hearty, exciting, stirring, lively, heroic, largehearted, splendid

点数

てんすう

marks, points, score, runs, number of items, credits

記録

きろく

record, minutes, document a record (e.g. in sports), results, score to record, to document to set a record (e.g. in sports), to show a result, to reach a value records as topic record

更新

こうしん

renewal, update, innovation, improvement

釘付け

くぎづけ

nailing on, nailing down, nailing shut, being glued (to), being unable to take ones eyes (from) being stationary, being rooted to the spot (price) pegging

主人公

しゅじんこう

protagonist, main character, hero(ine) (of a story) head of household

操作

そうさ

operation, management, processing manipulating to ones benefit to operate to manipulate, to fiddle (e.g. the books) operation manipulation

確実

かくじつ

certainty, reliability, soundness

矢先

やさき

arrowhead, brunt, target being about to, being on the point of

見知らぬ

みしらぬ

strange, unfamiliar, unknown

老婆

ろうば

old woman

乱暴

らんぼう

rude, violent, rough, lawless, unreasonable, reckless

裏腹

うらはら

opposite, reverse, contrary

着こなす

きこなす

to wear (clothes) stylishly, to dress oneself stylishly

益々

ますます

increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay ones hands on, to clutch to understand, to grasp, to comprehend

通用

つうよう

popular use, circulation to pass as

抵抗

ていこう

reluctance, repulsion, repugnance resistance, drag, friction electrical resistance resistor opposition resistance standing up to