peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
changing clothes; change of clothes
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
popular person; favorite; favourite
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
war; fighting; fierce competition
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
naivete; simplicity; innocence
related to; in relation to
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
scam; con trick; con-man; fraudster; flirt; player
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
active; dynamic; energetic
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix