employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
outing; picnic; excursion
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
now that; since; as long as; provided that
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to not believe one's ears
to fan; to incite; to instigate
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both