acquaintance; friend; familiar face
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
the scruff or nape of the neck
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
license; permit; licence; certificate
that's the way it is; such is life
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
slim; slender; slight; delicate
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
the good old days; halcyon days
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to come to one's senses; to calm down
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
high street; town centre (center)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
hat shop; hat store; hatter; hatmaker
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
store; shop; establishment; restaurant