promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to like; to love; to be fond of
to stop (plug) one's ears
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
same generation; one's generation
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
high spirits; gleeful mood
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
different culture; foreign culture
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
(point of) similarity; resemblance
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased