astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
in one's own way or style
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
smallish; on the small side
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
weird; strange; mysterious
genuine; authentic; true; real
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to know (a person); to think
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to perceive; to understand
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
driver's license; driver's licence; driving licence
Niigata (city, prefecture)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
former (e.g. name); previous; changed; examination; inspection; investigation
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo