underling; subordinate official
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
aslant; oblique; diagonal; askew; cater-cornered; catty-cornered
early evening cloud; clouds at sunset
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
beautification; glorification
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
rakugo research society; rakugo research club
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka
irresistibly; suddenly; to be turned on; to be horny
half and half; fifty-fifty
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
to be busy at work; to work diligently
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
high; noble; refined; advanced