seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories; gal
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
way; course; the only way
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
hot topic; talk of the town
show; exhibition; spectacle
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
person of high rank or position
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to be badly made; to fail
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
old age; old person; the old; the aged
tenth day of the month; ten days
within; inside of; less than
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
hospitalization; hospitalisation