fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
loose-fitting summer dress
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to remember; to recollect; to recognize; to recognise
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
as if it were about oneself
in surprise; in astonishment; with a start
outward appearance; looks
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
taking a cut (of someone else's money); taking a rake-off; pocketing a kickback; skimming (a percentage of the profits, proceeds, etc.)
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
(living with) ease and comfort; easy street; life without financial worries
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
making a show of one's faults
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
metal fittings; metal fixtures
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
defense; defence; fielding
detachment; contingent (of troops)
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)