work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
many; much; plenty; hardly
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
first meeting; first interview with
even though; despite; when
casual speech; peer language; informal language
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
gossip; corner of the mouth
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
several years; a few years
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
as (for); for; in the capacity of
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
authenticity; credibility
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every