shopping district; shopping street; downtown
suits for gentlemen; menswear
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
strike (i.e. industrial action)
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
in unison; as one; united
one of these days; someday; one day
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to have a talk; to tell a story
invisibly; secretly; privately
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
(not so) much; (not) very
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark