face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
how much; how many; however
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
public telephone; pay phone
pride; boast; credit (to)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
part; portion; glimpse; bit
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
fully prepared; all ready
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea
refusing flatly; rejecting sternly
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to run around; to bustle about
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
one night; all night; overnight; one evening