peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
to give a broad grin; to smirk
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
the future; future prospects
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
climbing rope (for mountaineering)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
jealousy; roasted rice cake
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to translate; to interpret
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently