discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
one thing; one article; ulterior motive; secret intention; penis; money
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to squint (one eye); to narrow
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
to relax; to feel at home
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
it is I who should say so
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
in that manner; like that
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait