outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
proper; respectable; decent; honest
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
admiration; wonder; astonishment
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to correct oneself; to restate
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to spend time (on doing something)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
your husband; her husband
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
just a minute; small quantity
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)