older sister; elder sister
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
from the area (e.g. person or goods); local trader; local merchant; street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
it hasn't been long since
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
difficult to ...; hard to ...
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to accompany; to go with; to go together
town-watches from the Edo period
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
item; article; clause; section; point
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
height (of body); stature
high nose; person with a high nose; pride
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
flight; desertion; escape
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate