very small; tiny; insignificant
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
to know (someone); to think; to believe
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); Ms; Mrs; Miss
government office; agency; board
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
more than usual (usu. time)
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
ugly man; (arch.) strong, brawny man
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
interruption; suspension; break
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
it is I who should say so
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to pass (of time); to elapse
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing