chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
fit of anger; temper; rage; firecracker
explosion; rupture; break off
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
classical elegance; antiquity
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
those (near the second person)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
ground glass; frosted glass
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
even though; despite; when
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry