tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
residing; living; dwelling
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
to be transparent; to show through
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
in this manner; in this way; like this
day by day; every day; by the day
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
shop used for testing sales of new products; showroom; shop selling local specialities to Tokyo
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)