chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
mature woman; middle-aged woman
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
desperation; self-abandonment
Chinese Communist Party; Chinese Communists; Communist China
tossing and turning while asleep
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
does not match (one's, its) appearance
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
quite; utterly; really; completely
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
Brassica campestris var. laciniifolia (variety of wild mustard)
regional pickle of Kyoto made from turnip-like vegetable
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
good-quality; superior in quality
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
sharp sighted; easily awakened
surroundings; environs; circumference
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time