comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
way of calling (something or someone)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education); having completed no schooling beyond junior high school; middle school graduate
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
university professor; college professor
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
change; alteration; modification
sharp parting remark; parting threat
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
reaction; response; reaction
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so