rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
manly; masculine; like a man
body; physique; build; stature
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
subordinate work; assistant; servant
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
on bad terms; at loggerheads
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
name; given name; first name
pert; tomboyish; impudent; lively; boisterous
chit; sales slip; voucher
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
dated; date; fixed; external
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have