professional job; profession
wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
now that you say that; now that you mention it
which is which; one or the other
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
not worth (getting angry about, etc.)
birth; creation; formation
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
to be opposite; to face each other
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
indeed; really; truly; very much
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
aquatic (life); living in the water
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
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)
progress; advance; improvement; development
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
persistence; single-mindedness
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
incompetent; have no merit
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact