sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
(some) more; even more; longer; further
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman
connections; contacts; influence
but; however; provided that
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to make contact (with); to get in touch; to enter into relations; to come to an understanding
just a minute; small quantity