to smile (at); to grin (at)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to be silent; to say nothing
windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
treating (someone) like an object
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
the way one works; one's working manner
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
(feather) duster; dusting
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
dirty things (dishes, laundry, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
tattling; telling on (someone)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to release; to sweep out; to clean out
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
womanly; ladylike; feminine
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time