growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to show one's affection; to express one's love
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to attempt; to test; to try out
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
side of the breast; sideboob; side-boob
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
everybody; every last one of them; all
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
ago; since; before; previous
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
shōchū distilled from barley
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to blow off; to be blown off
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
many; much; plenty; hardly
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
company; corporation; workplace
war; fighting; fierce competition
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
arrangement; pact; agreement
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
sharing; share (on social media); market share
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
starting late; late departure
to press against each other; to huddle together
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous