one eye; single lens (e.g. camera)
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
etc.; et cetera; and so on
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
display window; shop window
wheat straw; barley straw
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
trailer towed by bicycle, etc.
compensatory holiday (for working on a day off); time in lieu
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
sparing oneself; laziness
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
salary reduction; salary cut
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
rather; sooner; preferably
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
continuation; succession; series
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery