to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
looking depressed; long face
son of a bitch; piece of shit
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
Rockman, a.k.a. Mega Man (video game series)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to have meaning; to be meaningful
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
counter for books; volume
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
trembling from fear; trembling all over
thinking little of one's family
university student; college student
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise