girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
close; intimate; on good terms
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
question; inquiry; enquiry
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
endurance contest; test of endurance
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)
marriage fraud; fake marriage
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
pleasant feeling; good vibes
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)