being in too deep to back out; having gone too far to retreat
failure; mistake; blunder
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
technical skill; ability; capacity
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to do together; to share; to participate in
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
this world; this life; world of the living
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise