visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
to adhere firmly to one's principles; to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
not understanding; not knowing
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
watering hole; watering place
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business, etc.
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
indescribable; having no way to express
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to pitch camp; to set up camp
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
maintaining the status quo
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
double; twice (as much); twofold
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
to this extent; to this degree; this much
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion