to be contrary to one's expectations
to become distant; to recede
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
how others look at you; what others think about you
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
monster cat; cat with magical powers
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
literally; to the letter; literal
the opposite direction; the other way
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind