petty bourgeois; lower middle class
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
livestock; domestic animals
to finger; to tamper (with)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
evil thought; malicious motive
assault; violence; damaging (someone)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
nonetheless; nevertheless
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
point in common; common feature
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
strength; power; proficiency; ability
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight