lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
from here; from this place
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
array; muster; line-up; full force
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
staff member; station employee; official
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
since when; from when; how long
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
government office; public office
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
bento; Japanese box lunch
preserved food boiled in soy
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
that; the matter in question
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
shah; former ruler of Iran
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
rhyming game; play on words; pun
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
good performance; good work; great success
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom