to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
don't you think?; indicates question
to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
lacking a plan; haphazard
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
national border; provincial border
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
comparatively; relatively
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
please (give me); please (do for me)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
anything and everything; just about everything
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
society; the world; the times