to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to make oneself available (free)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
virile; tough; masculine; intense
sales company; distributor
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
(private) investigation company; research agency
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
class; heading; group; category
(personal) background check
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
whereabouts; present location
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
steady; sound; reliable; solid
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
glad countenance; joyful look
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
to escape from; to get out
open; public; official; overt