aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
long face; looking dejected
trees with entwined branches; intimate male and female relationship
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(small crunchy) dried sardines
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
government service; official position; civil service
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
sensual love; love affair
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
elegance; taste; refinement
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)