to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
the opposite direction; the other way
how long; how far; how much
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
development; exploitation
business; trade; operations; sales
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
man; male; masculine gender
several people; a few people
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to go past; to pass; to pass by
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
un-; non-; negative prefix
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
illicit sexual relationship
student (esp. a university student)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive