unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
(one acting as a) foster parent
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
the Sun, the Moon and the stars; three non-rain 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
koi-koi (type of hanafuda game); koi koi
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)
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
stupid girl; stupid woman
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
sake drunk while viewing cherry blossoms
sake for moon viewing parties
paying (or paying out) double; (after number N) paying N times as much
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to attack; to assault; to assail
the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
in comparison to; rather than
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person