intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
true character; true heart; true spirit
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
cooperation; collaboration
business region; marketing area; commercial sphere; trading area; region in which a business operates
to shout (in anger); to yell
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
not caring; not giving a damn
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
preparation; arrangements
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless