weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
maintenance; preservation; improvement
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to complain; to make a complaint
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
main cause; primary factor
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
urbanization; urbanisation
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
height (of a person); stature
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic
lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
to approach; to draw near
ex-nerd; one who has given up geeky or nerdy hobbies; one who has given up stereotypically geeky dress, mannerisms, etc.
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
person who is satisfied with their real (offline) life; normie
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other