bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
the whole day; all the day
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
modern man; modern person; modernist
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
turnout (of people); start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; initial charge; dash
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
academic type; scholarly turn of mind
dispute; argument; contention
gold lettering; gilt letters
handy; convenient; simple; narrow-gauge railway; light railway
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
to hurl abuse (at); to use abusive language
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama
court of inquiry; court of enquiry
family system; the family (as an institution)
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
having an expert eye; having a discerning eye
burning with ambition; highly ambitious
leather cover; leather binding
mass wedding; collective wedding
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged