adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
superiority complex; sense of superiority
March; third month of the lunar calendar
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to cut corners; to be shoddy
physical condition; state of health
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
master; teacher; stable master
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
when it becomes; when it comes to
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
temporary retirement; suspension from office
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
to throw into; to toss into
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
directly under; falling perpendicularly
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion