trouble; quarrel; dispute
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
breath; breathing; tone; mood
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
admiration; wonder; astonishment
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
straight; as the crow flies
to redeem (from sin); to save
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to examine someone's expression
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
rationalization; justification
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
laughing embarrassedly and sticking out one's tongue
children's story; fairy tale
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
simply; merely; only; solely
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to happen to meet; to come across