to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
muddy water; red-light district
Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
image; figure; figure; form; image
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
it seems so; that's what it looks like
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
it's not like; it isn't as if
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
trivial; not amounting to much
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
outside of; not covered by
for today; for the time being
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
head; lead; vanguard; first
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
what time; (lit.) which hour
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
street at night; making a night journey
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
return; relapse; recurrence
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
telephone book; telephone directory
lost article; something forgotten
influence (on someone); inspiration
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to be forward; to be impertinent
surroundings; circumference
to have a rumor circulating
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"