representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
what time; (lit.) which hour
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
leading; guiding; commanding
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
the same night; that night
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
serious illness; dangerous disease
period of youth; while young
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
nature of one's business; business instinct
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
chivalry; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong; yakuza
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
seeing for the first time; first sight
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
consistently; unchangingly; throughout
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely