with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
going to and fro; back and forth
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force