bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
custom; practice; convention; precedent
possession; occupation; occupancy
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to call out; to ask someone to come
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to check; to stop; to keep back
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
cloth; dress material; clothing fabric
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
showing one's face in public; facing another person
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one