rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to have a talk; to tell a story
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
third day of the month; three days
without; but if; otherwise; or else
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
showing one's face in public; facing another person
elder sister; effeminate man
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
financial power; financial means; wealth
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
famous product; widely known (local) specialty
this and that; one thing and another
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light