high rating; good reputation
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
during a session (of the legislature)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
neat (neatly); tidy; trim
good young man; agreeable youth
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
ascetic monk; trainee monk
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
gross (i.e. 12 dozen); gross (i.e. not net); total; gross score (in golf)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to keep (a person) waiting
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
outside the country; abroad