to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
that is to say; so that means
having a romantic interest; (lit.) having a pulse
place; room; margin; scope
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
chit; sales slip; voucher
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
nature; property; disposition
the future; future prospects
late at night; at a late hour
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
callback; recall (of defective products)
answering machine; answerphone
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
lower class peasant; peasant working for a land-owning farmer
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
at least; at most; (even) just
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
beyond one's means or position
comparatively; relatively
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to have a talk; to tell a story
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by