love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
all over; all over the place; everywhere
fair and square; open and aboveboard
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to drink up; to drain (cup)
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
natural virtue; personal virtue
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
university student; college student
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; NAIST
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
subcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan