to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
to become muddy; to become slushy
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
emergency fix; tentative measure; temporary solution
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to complain; to make a complaint
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to have the privilege of doing
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
street at night; making a night journey
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window); putting on eyeliner (in theatre)
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
former residence; former land; place remembered for a connection to someone
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air