showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to pull one's hair back into a bun
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
newcomer; initiate; rookie
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
even though; despite; when
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling