to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
shoulders; body; honour; honor; prestige
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
government housing for officials
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
to warm (up); to heat (up)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to start making use of; to get to use something new; to get sexually involved with a female subordinate
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
fiftieth day after the birth of a child; fifty days
bitch; witch; ugly woman; 1-point card; junk card
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; okame; okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
stepping back; drawing back
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
writing; composition; essay; sentence
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness