inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
a little bit; a little while
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
like this; in this way; as you see
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
second (unit of time); arc second
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
in one's own way or style
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
fan service; giving one's fans what they want
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
man; male; masculine gender
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)