jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
little something; reward; tip
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
power map; power structure; power relationships
pre-war days; before the war
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
proletariat; lower classes
upper classes; high society
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to win and advance to the next round
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
local specialty; local special dish
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
close; intimate; on good terms