part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
belief; faith; conviction
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
generally; in general; widely; commonly; universally
common people; ordinary people; masses
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
the present year; at that time
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; interval
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; notice; poster
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
family-oriented; familial
reading matter; reading material
essays; miscellaneous writings; literary jottings
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular