noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
remaining silent; keeping secret
now that; since; so long as; because
sobriety; soberness; sober face
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
forming; shaping; casting; molding; adult form
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be flexible; to be accommodating
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
though; even if; whether ... or ...
broker; intermediary; broking house
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
built-in audience; regular customers
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
stability; security; equilibrium
to be enchanted; to be charmed
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
derivation; development; offshoot
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to trample to death; to kill underfoot