one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
leaving everything up to someone else
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
headlock (wrestling move)
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
brackish waters (of an estuary)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
trackless; reckless; dissipated
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
fort; stronghold; fortification
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
first generation; founder
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
huge rock; firmness; solidity
broad-minded; (of a rikishi) tall, with long reach, making it harder for their opponent to get a grip on their mawashi