to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to lay aside; to set aside
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
restaurant with only set meals
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
natto (fermented soybeans)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration