gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
rather; sooner; preferably
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
feeling; sense; impression
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
social status; social position
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)