very loose; slowly; leisurely
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
reviewing stand; box; gallery
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
good person; virtuous person
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
amiable; affable; likable
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
fear; dread; fright; willies
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
to happen to have on hand or in stock
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to be conspicuous; to stand out
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to devise; to plot; to plan
by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor