chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
it is not (like that) either
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
falsehood; fabrication; dissimulation
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
troubled times; turbulent times
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
breach of contract; default
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
It's nothing!; Don't mention it!
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
launching out; embarking upon (a career)
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
looking back; worry; anxiety
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
guess; speculation; supposition
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three non-rain 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment