café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to say; to be called; to do
clearing one's throat; cough
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
courtesy call; courtesy visit
please; somehow or other; one way or another
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
the future; future prospects
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
information technology; IT
business world; business circles; (the) industry
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
true character; real nature