curiosity; inquisitiveness
and yet; though; when; in spite of
salty sea breeze; salt wind
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
time; season; period; phase; stage
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
personality; style; appearance
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky