cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
subversion (of the state)
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
to come and go; to go back and forth
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
to add to one's experience; to become skillful
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
your daughter; young woman
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
approval; license; licence; permission
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to mistakenly say; to misspeak; to misstate (the facts); to make a slip of the tongue