with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride; (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
dishes based on spring onions and tuna
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
article; news story; report; account
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
such; this sort of; like this
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
drinking party; get-together
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
beginning; outset; first; onset
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to move (house); to change residence
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
it is not (like that) either
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why