anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
breach of manners; breach of etiquette
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
feminine; womanly; female
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
coming and going; commuting
world; society; people; the public
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued