wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
considerably; greatly; a lot
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
hospitality; service; entertainment
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
preparation; arrangements
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of
point in common; common feature
boiled and half-dried bonito
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to be helpful; to be useful
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to straighten up; to sit upright
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to collapse into; to flop onto
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
chasing after women; womanizing
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky