stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to stare back at; to look back at
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
straying; wandering (off course)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
totally (different); completely
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
calm; composed; cool; quiet
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
not worth doing; waste of effort
having no effect; waste of effort
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
does not; can not; will not
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
lung capacity; breathing capacity; vital capacity