notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
lost article; something forgotten
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to blow out; to spout out
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
degenerate; pervert; deviant
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
extreme masochist; very masochistic
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
ratings (e.g. of a television program); audience rating; viewing rate
word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
more than anything; above all else
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
mask; disguise; guise; mask
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
true character; real nature
beautification; glorification