madam; (married) woman; lady; proprietress (of a bar, coffee shop, etc.); manageress
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
duty; obligation; responsibility
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
(program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions; amusements; attractions
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
down-market; popular; mass-market
that day; the very same day
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump