irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
the other day; a few days ago
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
personal feelings; self-interest
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
apparently; appears to be
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
pure and innocent; immaculate
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
restaurant with only set meals
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
business discussion; negotiation
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
big leakage; uncontained leak
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
content-free chat; idle gossip