to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
headquarters; head office; main office
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to try all possible means
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
negative emotions; negative feelings
station; office; guardroom
conviction; belief; confidence
not necessarily so; is not always true
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
almost every day; almost daily
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to pass (of time); to elapse
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
settlement; solution; resolution
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.