formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
undisputed; entirely; perfect
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
strict order; peremptory command
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
pending; undecided; unconvicted; awaiting judgement
carrying power; transportation (carrying) capacity
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
commencing with; including
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
in person; personally; directly
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
very loose; slowly; leisurely
outrageous lie; outright lie
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to thrust before; to thrust at
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
it's no joke; gimme a break!