to put one's hand on; to touch
9th in rank; ninth sign of the Chinese calendar
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
when it comes to ...; as for ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
design; idea; conception; plan
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
with a lot of fat; with a heavy build; with a portly build; with a stout build
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
shopping; purchased goods
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
being second to none; being in a league of one's own
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
something like ...; something called ...
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood