to look around; to take a view of
forcibly; by force; against one's will
thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
thickly; heavily; profusely; through and through; to the core; proper
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
certificate; credentials; testimonial
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
broadcasting (seeds); broadcast seeding; distributing widely; handing out freely; spending (money) recklessly
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
bet; wager; stake; gamble
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to give; to do (something) for
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
convenient; handy; useful
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
and then; and so; and; so then
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
financial institutions; banking facilities
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
advancing (someone) money; payment on someone's behalf (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)