to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
washing machine (laundry)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to say; to tell; to state; to do
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
light brown; golden brown; tan
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
admiration; wonder; astonishment
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with