management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
form; shape; figure; visage
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
facing; opposite; across the street; other side