(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
participation; joining; entry
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
special training; intensive training; crash course
exercise to help digestion
a little; a bit; slightly
on and after; from ... onward; since
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
one day; (on) a certain day
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
attendance; presence; appearance
speech; expression; wording; language
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to that degree; to that extent; that much