to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to have a drink; to grab a drink
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
time; hour; period; class
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
salamander (in mythology); salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
slight intoxication; being tipsy
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
in the meanwhile; during the time
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to loiter around; to wander about
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness