cool; indifferent; nonchalant; calm
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
absolutely; positively; decidedly
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
memory; sense; experience
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
pince-nez glasses; pince-nez; nose glasses; Groucho glasses
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
good-natured person; nice person
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
foolhardiness; daredevil courage
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various