to anticipate; to foresee
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
secret; private; surreptitious
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
to try to do; to attempt to do
area; region; district; locality
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
discretion; judgement; judgment
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
black ground; black cloth
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
(set of) facial features; looks
of great promise; with a promising future
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to run up to; to rush over
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)