cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
way of talking; speaking style
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
immediately; right away; on the spot
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
slave traffic; slave dealer
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
bluff; false show of power; bold front
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
bakery; baker; pastry shop
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
underworld; underside of society
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
very interesting; of great interest
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)