lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
discovery; detection; finding
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to look away; to turn away
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity