sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
modern person; people of today
state of mind; mentality; psychology
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
generation; lifetime; age
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to show; to bare (the teeth)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
pose (in kabuki); posture
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
... and eastward; east of
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
in the town; in the street
these guys; these fellows
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
rumour; rumor; comment; commentary; review
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to go along; to walk along; to follow
ceaselessness; incessancy; the Avici hell
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
nonetheless; nevertheless