the person in question; the person themselves; said person
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
in comparison to; rather than
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
in proportion to; just as much as
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing