secret; private; surreptitious
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
wet dream; nocturnal emission
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
visual confirmation; sighting
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games); housing; enclosure; chassis
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
the same generation; coeval
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to get distracted; to jump off the track
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to pretend; to act (as if)