regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
to visit frequently; to haunt
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
academic journal; scholarly journal
on the other hand; at the same time
unkindness; unfriendliness
magazine; journal; periodical
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
piece of wood at the front edge of an entranceway floor; front portion of the floor of the genkan
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
(being) among close family or friends only; private (gathering of intimates)
wedded life; married life
preparation; arrangements
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)
while alive; during one's lifetime