with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
study; diligence; discount; reduction
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
blouson; jacket gathered at the waist
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
last night; yesterday evening
study; pursuit of knowledge
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
modern art museum; museum of modern art
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook