difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
young person; youth; young
local specialty; special product (of a region)
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
footwork; mobility; flexibility; adaptability
unrequited love; one-sided love
to continue to do; to persist in doing
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to be (deeply) touched by; to be struck by
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
height (of body); stature
smallish; on the small side
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
one thin flat object; one sheet
small fraction; small proportion
correspondence; exchange of letters
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
active people; doers; people who get things done
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event