trouble; bother; annoyance
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
being in one's room (office, etc.)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
leather-bound; leather binding
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
person who is ...; thing that is ...
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; bucket carried on either end of a pole
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal