recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
buying the services of a prostitute
to be boiled; to be cooked
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
indignant; sorrowful; steadfast; determined
to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; inappropriately dressed for the occasion
to be satisfied with one's position; to be quite content
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
to tower; to rise; to soar
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
enough is enough; no further!
in company; among people; philtrum
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
since when; from when; how long
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
high-grade sake; fine drink
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
posterity; future generations; future life
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
sitting with one's legs out to one side
to be; to exist; (arch.) to come; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to be (somewhere)
from the viewpoint of; according to
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth