banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
what minute; how many minutes
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
chasing after women; womanizing
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
at work; in the midst of work; working
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
old friend; familiar face
brief overview; heads-up; brief discussion; cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head)
adhesive tape; sticky tape
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
emotional scars; mental trauma
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired