playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
dishwashing; doing dishes
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dishwasher; dishwashing machine
watering hole; watering place
supply; supplying; replenishment
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
human relations; personal relationships
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
offline meeting (face-to-face meeting by people who normally interact online)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
attendance; presence; appearance
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
weak point; unskillfulness