all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
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)
married woman; another's wife
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to move forward; to move on
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to watch over; to watch attentively
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
it's been a long time; long time no see
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
high and low; rise and fall
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
freely; frankly; without reserve
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to annoy; to cause trouble
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
summer vacation; summer holiday
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly