thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
having no idea; having no clue
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
quickly; calmly; intently
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
winner-takes-all (system)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
as you see; as you can see
straight-laced person; stubborn person
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
walking briskly; determinedly
to approach; to draw near
violent explosion; bursting
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married