rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to fight against; to oppose; to face
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
New Year's Eve; December 31
association; union; guild
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
first shrine visit of New Year
another thing; other things; another man's property
to get thin; to taper off
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
exemplar; model; example; pattern
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days