leather shoes; leather boots
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
estate sale; estate liquidation
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to talk; to chat; to chatter
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to stare back at; to look back at
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to understand; to make out
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
whichever one chooses; either way
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for