office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
womanly; ladylike; feminine
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
persecution complex; paranoia
spread; span; expanse; extent
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
honour; honor; glory; privilege
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
long time; long interval; for quite some time
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
old body; aged person; elderly person