job hunting; job searching
subordinate work; assistant; servant
to be able to manage somehow or another
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
young master; young gentleman
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
house across the street; neighbor across the street
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
banquet or reception hall
training room (hall); gymnasium
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
lately; recently; nowadays
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
sympathy; empathy; response
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
tattling; telling on (someone)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
public bathhouse; building with a bath (esp. in a shrine or temple)
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
to be lacking in options; to be too few
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
transactions; dealings; business
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
barbershop; barber shop; barber
when; how soon; how long until
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
back off!; leave me alone!
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty