to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close
guess; conjecture; surmise
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
powerful family; powerful clan
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
pressure; oppression; suppression
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
overpower; subdue; keep down
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
reputation; respectability
indirection; indirectness
clouds and smoke; landscape
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to smile (at); to grin (at)
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
with a friendly grin; smilingly
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
(a place) within one's reach
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
water for washing or moistening one's hands
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
what time; (lit.) which hour
when; at what moment; what time
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
to throw on the fire; to burn
to lie on one's stomach; to sleep while lying on one's stomach; to crawl on the ground; to sprawl