to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to forget completely; to leave behind
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
down-market; popular; mass-market
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to taste; to try (food or drink)
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
brown; light brown; tawny
curl; curly hair; ringlet
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
means; way; method; measure
thought; consideration; thinking
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)
oppression; tyranny; despotism
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
hard to reach place; remote place